Data from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China. As the graph shows, China’s trade with Israel more than doubled from 2013 to 2022 and increased rapidly since 2017, the year in which Netanyahu visited China and signed on the “innovative comprehensive partnership.” Following the war in Gaza and the Red Sea crisis, however, China’s trade with Israel in 2023 declined by approximately 8% compared to 2022, and trade in 2024 declined by approximately 1.5% compared to 2023.