Trade restrictions imposed by the Arab States to hamper Israel’s commerce have actually resulted in causing the Arab States to pay higher freight rates, the International Chamber of Commerce was told here.
B. Rosen, Israeli representative, said Near East freight rates were higher because normal carriers were compelled to split cargoes and route them separately to Israel and to Arab destinations. This, he said, represented much greater cost to the Arabs than to the Israelis because of the larger tonnage shipped to Arab ports and because the Arabs were more dependent on foreign-flag shipping.
(Reports received in London disclosed an extension of the Arab anti-Israel boycott to a number of British, French and Canadian firms for having done business with Israel. Iraq blacklisted Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., of Britain, and Air France. Jordan banned dealings with British Bond Nickel Company, International Nickel of Canada and six other firms.)
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