Israel bought from us 257.847 tons of wheat. 214.886 tons of feed grains. 11.257 tons of beef. 1.249 tons of nonfat drymilk solids. and various other commodities. including butter. vegetable oils. cotton. and tobacco. The purchase of these commodities has proven of great importance to the economy of Israel. In the first place. it helped to establish minimum stocks of basic foods needed in Israel. whose population is growing constantly due to largescale immigration. Second. our surplus commodities have helped raise the level of consumption of foods which were not readily available in Israel before and they have markedly improved the diet of the population. particularly the protein deficiency. The result is that. because of Public Law 480. certain of our agricultural commodities have been introduced to the Israeli market. while the consumption of other United States commodities was substantially increased.
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