The Swiss-Israel Chamber of Commerce reported that during the first six months of 1980 Switzerland exported to Israel goods worth 773.6 million Swiss Francs. This included 639.5 million Francs worth of uncut diamonds. During the some” period, the Chamber of Commerce added, Switzerland imported from Israel 170.9 million Francs worth of goods.
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