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"Israeli food manufacturers sold NIS 50.2 billion worth of food products in 2007, up 4.5 from 2006, the Manufacturers Association of Israel reported Tuesday. Local sales jumped 4% to NIS 46.8b. and exports increased 17% to $830 million, it said.

Meanwhile, food sales to the Palestinian Authority in 2007 were down 30% from 2006, falling to NIS 300m., the report said. Annual food sales to the PA were NIS 600m. before the outbreak of hostilities in October 2000, the association said."