Israel’s national output rose 12 percent last year, but its industrial production increased only four percent, Labor Minister Mordecai Namir revealed here today.
Mr. Namir’s announcement came as he awarded prizes for increasing efficiency to 20 outstanding workers in industry and service fields. He urged further increases in efficiency as a means of improving production.
Israel suffered its first reversal as a result of the institution of the European Common Market this week when Truvah, the agricultural export cooperative, found itself barred from a competitive position in the sale of eggs in member states of the EGM. In view of a lowering of tariff barriers for eggs from member states, Israel–outside the common market–must either lower its egg prices, already subsidized by the Israel Government, or cut back egg production.
The importance of the egg market to Israel’s economy was spotlighted last year when Israel exported 170. 000, 000 eggs, nearly three times the total it exported for the entire 1949-57 period. Chief buyers were Italy, France, Malta, Spain and Greece.
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