Israel’s export in 1953 was the highest since the establishment of the Jewish State in 1948, Consul Yehuda Levit, in charge of economic affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York, declared today at the opening of the Israel section at the International Import Show here.
Diamonds, cut and polished, are still Israel’s highest export item to the United States, Mr. Levit said. However, exports include now also a wide range of other merchandise. “For the first time in the United States today, exclusive, modern, custom-built furniture from Israel, with artistic individual designs, hand-sculptured or painted by Israel’s foremost artists, have now broadened our range of goods in this country,” he stated.
Israel’s goods in the United States enumerated by Mr. Levit, include brass, bronze, copper manufactures, ceramics, wine and brandy, chocolates, candies, marmalade, citrus by-products, fashions, plywood, glass, scientific instruments, watches, leather-ware, musical instruments and other items.
(From Jerusalem it was reported today that Israel’s industrial exports for the month of January, 1954, increased 70 percent over similar exports for January, 1953. Industrial exports for January of this year were $4,700,000 as compared to $2,800,000 in January, 1953. Total exports of all kinds of goods this January came to $17,000,000. Israel’s chief customer for industrial goods, exclusive of diamonds, during this period was Turkey, which bought 43 percent of the total.)
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