RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/ISR/11
17October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4554)
Original: English Working Party on
State Trading Enterprises
STATE TRADING
Replies toQuestions Posed bytheUNITED STATES1Concerning
theArticle XVII Notification ofISRAEL2
Thefollowing communication, dated 15October 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofIsrael.
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Question
IndocumentG/STR/N/1/ISR/Rev.1,IsraelindicatesthattheFruitBoardandtheVegetable
Production andMarketing Board "establish criteria forother agencies." Could Israel explain
howthese boards determine thecriteria under which theychoose other companies toexport?
Reply
Until theendof1992 exports were carried outonlybycontract withAGREXCO Ltd.
TheGovernment decided toabandon thispolicy asof8September 1992.
Since then, theFruitBoard andtheVegetable Production andMarketing Board, inagreement
withtheGovernment ofIsrael, haveestablished criteria forexport companies, according towhich,
export licences aregranted toprivate companies onthebasis ofexport "ofatleast30%" ofthetotal
export ofaproduct.
Consequently, uptothree exporters canoperate, ineachbranch ofanexport product.
1G/STR/Q1/ISR/9
2G/STR/N/1/ISR/Rev.1