Israel exports to Eastern Europe have increased by nearly 60 percent in the first half of 1959 compared with the same period in 1958, Ephraim Haran, the Israel delegate to the Committee on Development of Trade, told a meeting of the committee today. The meeting is taking place within the framework of the Economic Commission for Europe.
Mr. Haran said also that Israel’s trade with Eastern Europe now represented 39 percent of Israel’s total foreign trade which this year reached a peak of $600,000,000. He pointed out that while Israel’s commercial relations with Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Rumania and Czechoslovakia were satisfactory, the Soviet Union had not resumed a relationship with Israel on purely economic considerations, despite the Soviet declared intention to maintain reciprocal trade relations with all countries.
Israel is continuing efforts to increase trade with Eastern Europe and intends to increase participation in trade fairs in those countries, he said. The Committee on Development of Trade meets annually to encourage East-West trade relations within the framework of the Economic Commission for Europe of which Israel is an associate member.
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