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update:Sep 12, 2006
Israel to import chickens from Turkey
Owing to the hostilities in
the northern part of Israel, which severely damaged the poultry sector in
the region, Israel has decided to import 25 million eggs from Turkey—15
million for home consumption and 10 million for industrial processing.
The decision
to import eggs is to ensure proper supply before the
Jewish New Year on
September 23.
In many settlements along the Israeli-Lebanese
border, poultry is the main
agricultural sector , and this region is the country's major supplier of eggs and poultry.
Many coops were damaged during the war and the shelling for nearly a month
caused a reduction in productivity. Israeli growers maintain that full-scale
production will return to normal within 2-3 weeks, noting that the import
license given to distributors and local production will not cause any shortage
in the near future.
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