Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics has revised its previous 3.3% estimate for growth in 2019 to 3.5%, after including figures for the fourth quarter of the year. Last year's growth thus exceeded the economy's 3.4% growth in 2018. The revised growth figures were strongly affected by the bringing forward of imports of hybrid vehicles, after taxes were raised on these vehicles, starting in 2020. The bringing forward of imports will be at the expense of 2020 growth.
