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GAZA, (PIC)-- A Palestinian agricultural company named Harvest, for the first time in decades, has started to export shipments of strawberries from Gaza farms to the European markets.
Gaza farmers considered this an "unprecedented achievement" especially since Gaza farms has always been forced to export their products through the Israeli company Agrisco which used to have, before this time, a monopoly on all Palestinian agricultural exports.
Harvest expressed hope that this experience would prompt Gaza agricultural unions and societies to choose it as the only company allowed to market Gaza agricultural exports in order to free Gaza farmers from the Israeli monopoly, exploitation and restrictions that cause them considerable losses.
Hamaida also said this Palestinian company would start next month to export 50 percent of sweet pepper to European markets and the same percentage of cherry tomatoes.
The export of agricultural products holding the name of Palestine started to take place after the European parliament approved a law demanding Palestinian agricultural exports to Europe to be labeled from Palestine.
Palestinian company, for first time, exports Gaza strawberries to Europe
Gaza farmers considered this an "unprecedented achievement" especially since Gaza farms has always been forced to export their products through the Israeli company Agrisco which used to have, before this time, a monopoly on all Palestinian agricultural exports.
Harvest expressed hope that this experience would prompt Gaza agricultural unions and societies to choose it as the only company allowed to market Gaza agricultural exports in order to free Gaza farmers from the Israeli monopoly, exploitation and restrictions that cause them considerable losses.
Hamaida also said this Palestinian company would start next month to export 50 percent of sweet pepper to European markets and the same percentage of cherry tomatoes.
The export of agricultural products holding the name of Palestine started to take place after the European parliament approved a law demanding Palestinian agricultural exports to Europe to be labeled from Palestine.
Palestinian company, for first time, exports Gaza strawberries to Europe