Turkish exports to Israel decreased from $2,500,000 during the first six months of 1958 to $2,250,000 in the same period this year, it was reported here today. The Jewish state has consequently dropped from third to 12th place on the list of Turkey’s customers.
In the same period Israel’s exports to Turkey declined to $150,000–a drop which is attributed chiefly to the fact that the Jewish state was unable to export oil to Turkey as result of the closing of the Haifa refineries. With the reopening of the refineries it is believed here that Turkey may assign much of the oil produced in the newly-developed fields in Ramandag for refining at Haifa.
(The New York Times reported from Turkey today that, beginning immediately, all Turkish Jews who wish to proceed to Israel must first obtain entrance visas from the Istanbul representative of the Israel Immigration Ministry. The dispatch added that of the 78,370 Turkish Jews listed in the 1935 census, some 30,000 have already migrated to the new state, with the present rate of emigration averaging 2,000.)
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