(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Packages not exceeding ten kilos in weight (twenty-two pounds) will be admitted free of duty when sent from America, according to a government announcement.
The modification in the customs rule was brought about on the initiative of the Jewish deputies in parliament, in order that relatives in America may send gifts to their family members in this country.
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