Although there has been a war, Israel continues to carry out export and import activities, even Israel is included in the top 100 richest countries in the world based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or Produk Domestik Bruto (PDB) per capita data in the World Economic Outlook 2023 from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

During this time, there have been several Israeli products circulating in Indonesia. However, it turns out that this country, which was formed on May 14, 1948, also buys products from Indonesia. Data from the Central Statistics Agency recorded that from 2016 to 2020, Indonesia's exports to Israel increased by 8.6 percent.

In detail, in 2016, Indonesia's exports reached US$103.1 million. The amount increased to US$125.9 million in 2017, US$123 million in 2018, US$120.6 million in 2019, and US$157.5 million in 2020. As for the period of January-March 2021, Indonesia's exports to Israel amounted to US$47.5 million.

"Previously, BPS also noted that Indonesia still imports goods or products from Israel. Specifically, during January to September 2023, the import value from Israel reached US$14.4 million or around Rp266 billion."

The Acting Head of BPS, Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, acknowledged that Indonesia has not had diplomatic relations with Israel. However, this does not mean that both countries cannot engage in trade.