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England is First, Russia Second Buyer of Oranges from Israel

March 23, 1955
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Five million cases of citrus fruits have been shipped out of Israel thus far this season, with England, the best customer, having taken 1,500,000 cases of oranges, 500,000 cases of grapefruit, and 78,000 cases of lemons.

The next largest customer has been Russia, with more than 450,000 cases of citrus fruits purchased, followed by the Scandinavian and East European countries Canada, Argentina and Germany appeared for the first time this season on the list of countries taking significant quantities of fruit.

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