Israel has turned to the production of a multiplicity of products needed in various parts of the world in order to place her economy in a position to import products which cannot be made locally, the Anglo-Israel Chamber or Commerce reported today.
In a survey of Israel industry and commerce prepared by the Chamber, it was revealed that Israel is exporting gum, candy and halvah to Britain; cigarettes to Costa Rica; cork to Turkey and Switzerland; curtain material to Holland; shirts and handkerchiefs to the Bahamas; and dental drills and cement to Argentina.
The Chamber also reported that a Jerusalem shoe factory, which recently started operations with 300 completely unskilled workers, the majority of whom were immigrants, is now producing 1,400 pairs of shoes daily. Production has already reached 60 percent of that of the parent plant in Nashville, Tennessee, The report notes that flax growing has progressed beyond the experimental stage in Israel, and that the government-sponsored Scientific Research Council is turning its attention to plants likely to provide raw materials for cellulose and paper.
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