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Eggplant from Gaza in Israeli marketing chains
A consumer claims to have seen an eggplant box from Gaza, and the farmers are outraged: "In exchange for cheap produce, we sell the values." The Ministry of Agriculture warns in response: If the negligible import from Gaza, amounting to NIS 8 million a year, is stopped, then so is the large export of fruit from Israel to the Gaza Strip worth NIS 200 million
The Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, in a letter sent to the Secretary-General of the Israel Farmers Association, Abu Vilan, and to the Director General of the Council of Plants, Zvi Alon, said that the importation is more profitable for Israel than for the residents of Gaza, "Only 90-80,000 tons of fresh fruit (not vegetables) are transferred from Israel's farmers to the Gaza Strip every year, worth about NIS 200 million," it says.
"Imports from the Gaza Strip to Israel are only two types of vegetables (tomatoes and eggplants), amounting to only 5,000-4,000 tons, worth NIS 8 million, ie, imports from Gaza to Israel constitute about 5% of the total exports from Israel to Gaza.
A consumer claims to have seen an eggplant box from Gaza, and the farmers are outraged: "In exchange for cheap produce, we sell the values." The Ministry of Agriculture warns in response: If the negligible import from Gaza, amounting to NIS 8 million a year, is stopped, then so is the large export of fruit from Israel to the Gaza Strip worth NIS 200 million
The Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, in a letter sent to the Secretary-General of the Israel Farmers Association, Abu Vilan, and to the Director General of the Council of Plants, Zvi Alon, said that the importation is more profitable for Israel than for the residents of Gaza, "Only 90-80,000 tons of fresh fruit (not vegetables) are transferred from Israel's farmers to the Gaza Strip every year, worth about NIS 200 million," it says.
"Imports from the Gaza Strip to Israel are only two types of vegetables (tomatoes and eggplants), amounting to only 5,000-4,000 tons, worth NIS 8 million, ie, imports from Gaza to Israel constitute about 5% of the total exports from Israel to Gaza.