East European countries in the Communist bloc have signed agreements to purchase the largest part of the 400, 000 -ton annual output of potash from the Dead Sea Works, it was revealed here today.
The Soviet Union, which suspended trade relations with Israel during the Sinai campaign, in 1956, and has never re-established trade with this country, may re-purchase some of this potash from the Soviet satellites, it was believed here today.
Reports that the Soviet Union has ordered large quantities of Israeli potash directly have been denied. But it is believed the USSR may want Israel’s potash, which is the principal component of fertilizer- a product needed by the Soviet Union now in view of heavy grain shortages.
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