Trade Ministry officials disclosed today that imports of consumer goods in 1957 dropped to $80 per capita compared with $180 in 1949. They reported also that 1957 imports totalled $425 million, which included $120 million for capital goods imports. Industrial production in Israel in 1957 topped 1, 500 million Israel pounds compared with 460 million in 1949.
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