Breaking Update
Sustainable Goods Imports – Jan 2026
Israel's Jan 2026 imports reveal a 135.9% jump in private vehicles and a 59.1% rise in commercial vehicles, alongside electronics growth.
- In January 2026, imports of 22,045 vehicles (private cars) were recorded, compared to 9,347 in January 2025, an increase of 135.9%. The increase in January 2026 is due to lower imports in January 2025 following the advance import of an exceptional volume of vehicles in December 2024, on the eve of an increase in purchase taxon electric vehicles*, an update to the green taxation formula, and an update to the green taxation plan in January 2025. In December 2025, the import of electric vehicles was also advanced on the eve of an increase in purchase tax on electric vehicles, but to a lesser extent.
- Commercial vehicle imports totaled 1,351 vehicles, compared to 849 in January 2025, an increase of 59.1%.
- Trend data indicates a moderate increase in passenger vehicle imports starting from March 2025.
Electrical and Electronics Products
- In January 2026, compared to January 2025, an increase was recorded in the import of white goods and Televisions, with the exception of clothes dryers. For refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers, imports increased by 13.6%, 40.2%, and 39.9% respectively. The import of clothes dryers, on the other hand, decreased by 72.7% compared to January 2025.
- Television imports increased by 15.5% compared to January 2025.
- Cigarette imports decreased in January 2026 by 4.3%.
- The import value of other tobacco, including smoking tobacco, hookah tobacco, pipe tobacco, cigars, and heated tobacco units, increased in January 2026 by 2.6% compared to January 2025.
- The total value of all imports in January 2026 amounted to $8.1 billion, an increase of 11.0% compared to the import value in January 2025. It should be noted that the import value was lower in January 2025 due to a massive advance of vehicles in December 2025.
- Trend data indicates an increase in import value.
- Gasoline and diesel sales are decreasing in December 2025 by 1.0% and 2% respectively compared to December 2024.
* In January 2025, the green taxation formula was updated, and the purchase tax rate on electric and plug-in vehicle imports increased from 20% to 35%, and from 55% to the regular tax rate, respectively. In January 2026, the purchase tax on electric vehicle imports increased from 35% to 45%.
