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Thursday, April 16, 2015
[Local market demand up] Gaza temporarily stops tomato exports to Israel

Gaza temporarily stops tomato exports to Israel
Published yesterday (updated) 16/04/2015 18:05
http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=760509

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Ministry of Agriculture in Gaza decided to
temporarily stop exporting tomatoes to Israel after prices and demand
increased in local markets, says General Director of Marketing.

Tahsin al-Saqqa said the halt on exports is temporary and will continue as
soon as tomato production and prices stabilize in local markets, pointing
out that the Gaza Strip produces some 70 thousand tons of tomatoes annually.

Gazan famers began exporting vegetables to Israel for the first time in
eight years in March 2015, the first shipments of their kind since Israel
imposed an economic and military blockade on Gaza in 2007.

The move came four months after launching exports to the occupied West Bank
in November 2014, similarly prohibited since the start of the Israeli
blockade.

Before 2007, Gazan farmers used to regularly export carnations,
strawberries, and other goods to markets in the Middle East and in Europe.

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