Exported Israeli settlement products

Export from Israeli settlements is reported at about US$ 200 million a year.

Section I

Manufactured Israeli settlement products which have been purchased or located in Member States of the EU, or whose importation has been tracked:

Cosmetics

AHAVA

Skin care/paramedical products for face, body and hair incorporating Dead Sea minerals and water.

AHAVA Plant

Dead Sea Laboratories Ltd.

Mitzpeh Shalem M.P. Dead Sea 86983

Manufactured by Dead Sea Laboratories Ltd. at Kibbutz Mitzpeh Shalem, located at the northern end of the Dead Sea inside the West Bank.

Found in:

Belgium: Brussels: Espace Conseil

France: Paris: B.H.V.; Galerie Louise, Bazar Suzanne

The Netherlands: available primarily through health spas and beauty salons, e.g. Thermos Sauna Beauty Shop, Amsterdam

UK: London: Selfridges; Gees Chemist. Also available at: John Gordon; Zest Pharmacy; Highfield Pharmacy; Care Chemist and numerous other shops and chemists.

 

Food and Beverages

Achva

Sesame products: Halva, Tehina, Sweets and Syrups.

Achva halva is marketed in packages ranging from 25 grams to 3 kilogram blocks.

Produced by:

Achdut Factory for Tehina, Halva & Sweets

Shoham St., P.O.B. 79

Industrial Zone

44820 Barkan

Located in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the western West Bank

Achva halva found in:

Belgium: Brussels: Delhaize

UK: London: Harrods

Beigel & Beigel

Pretzels, savoury biscuits and crackers

Beigel & Beigel Ltd.

P.O.B. 9

Yhaom, Barkan 44820

Located in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the western West Bank

Found in:

Belgium: Brussels: Delhaize

UK: London: Harrods

Mei Eden

Standard size bottles and 19-litre mineral water barrel

Eden Springs Ltd.

P.O.B. 17

Katzrin Industrial Zone

Located in the Katzrin industrial zone on the Golan Heights. Bottles water from the Golan Heights "Avel Salukia" spring.

Mei Eden’s European marketing strategy focuses on its 19-litre mineral water barrel for coolers. According to Mei Eden, European sales currently account for 20 percent of Mei Eden’s revenues. Mei Eden has focused its European marketing efforts on Switzerland, Spain and France.

Wines

Barkan Wine Cellars Ltd.

Varieties of wine sold under the Reserved, Barkan and Village labels.

Barkan Wine Cellars Ltd.

P.O. Box 31

Industrial Zone

44820 Barkan

The winery is located in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the western West Bank.

Minimal export and difficult to find.

Found in:

France: Paris: Écouffes Alimentation

Germany: Beerendorf: Weinhaus Beerendorf; Witzhave: Ron Rieß (importer)

The Netherlands: The Hague: Hema

Sweden: Stockholm: available previously at System Bolaget

UK: London: Sussers

Golan Heights Winery

Varieties of wine sold under the Yarden, Gamla and Golan labels.

The Golan Heights Winery

P.O. Box 183

Industrial Area Katzrin 12900

The winery is located in the Katzrin Industrial Area on the Golan Heights.

A list of the Golan Heights Winery’s world-wide agents is available via its website:

http://www.golanwines.co.il

Found in:

Belgium: Brussels: Le Cellier & Epicure

France: Paris: Écouffes Alimentation

Germany: Frankfurt/Main: A&L Aviv GmbH

The Netherlands: The Hague: Hema

Sweden: Stockholm: available previously at System Bolaget

UK: London: Harrods; Selfridges

Household Products

Barkan Carpets (S.B.) Ltd.

Polyester loop carpet manufactured in the Barkan industrial zone in the western West Bank

Barkan Carpets

Industrial Zone

44820 Barkan

Known to have been imported into the UK. In addition Barkan Carpets lists the Netherlands as a country it exports to.

Soda-Club Ltd.

In-home carbonation systems and syrups for the preparation of soda and soft drinks. Soda Stream, Soda Cool, Soda Fun labels.

Soda-Club Ltd.’s manufacturing facility is located in the Mishor Adumim (Edomim) Industrial Zone between Jerusalem and Jericho.

A list of Soda-Club international enterprises is available via its website: http://www.sodaclubenterprises.com

German distributor: Brita GmbH, Taunusstein-Neuhof

The Netherlands: Soda Club International BV, Breda

Switzerland: Soda-Club Distribution SA, Mount Lausanne

UK: Soda Club (Europe) Ltd., Peterborough and Soda Stream Ltd., Peterborough

Found in:

UK: London: Boots the Chemists Ltd.

 

Section II

Agricultural Products

Dates

Growing dates is one of the major agricultural activities carried out by nearly half of the Israeli settlements located in the Jordan Rift Valley, and contributes significantly to their economic viability.

"Jordan Plains" and "Jordan River" are the major Israeli date export brands. The main date varieties grown in the Jordan Valley are "Medjoul" and "Deglet Nour". In the case of Jordan Plains, the dates the company markets are grown exclusively on Israeli settlement plantations. Jordan Plains dates are exported in market bulk packages (5 kgs) as "Produce of Jordan Valley – Israel" by the Agrexco Agricultural Export Company under its brand label "Carmel".

In the case of Jordan River, Jordan River Bio Top and King Solomon (brand names of Hadiklaim - the Israel Date Growers Cooperative Ltd.), dates grown on Israeli settlements are either:

co-mingled with dates grown on date plantations inside Israel

packaged at settlement packing houses in bulk packages (5 kgs) which are identical to the bulk packages used at the main Jordan River packing houses inside Israel

Market bulk packages of dates are available generally via wholesalers and in street fruit and vegetable markets. In supermarkets and produce stores the dates are often re-packaged into smaller quantities which designate Israeli origin. These smaller quantities are sometimes packaged under the supermarket’s own label.

Branded packages found in:

France: Paris: Alimentation Rićher

Germany: Köln: Zündorf & Zerres; Mülheim/Ruhr: Tengelmann

Sweden: Stockholm: Konsum Fleminggatan; Olsson & Söner AB

UK: London: Sainsbury’s

Re-packaged Israeli Medjool dates found in:

UK: London: Waitrose; Safeway

Cut Flowers

About 80% of Israeli flowers are exported to European auctions, particularly the Aalsmeer and Flora auctions in the Netherlands. About 15% are sold by the Agrexco Agricultural Export Company under its brand label "Carmel". Cut flowers exported by Agrexco are packaged in bulk packages marked "Carmel Flowers".

The Yesha (Hebrew acronym for Judea and Samaria and Gaza) settlement web site, Jordan Valley communities, describes flower cultivation as the most important component of Jordan Valley settlement agriculture. Settlement flowers are sold under the grower’s identity number on either the Netherlands and/or German auctions, or are pooled with flowers from Israel for sale by Agrexco as Carmel Flowers.

The most common flowers grown in Jordan Valley settlements are:

Roses (long stem and short stem)

Gypsophila (baby’s breath)

Gerbera (transvaal daisy)

Solidago (goldenrod)

Hypericum

Helianthus (sunflower)

Carnation

Aster

Grapes

Table grapes grown in settlements in the Jordan Rift Valley are exported to Europe by the Agrexco Agricultural Export Company under its brand label "Carmel". Some grapes are exported by the Jordan River Grapes company. Main export table grape varieties are Perlette, generally available in May and June, followed by Superior Seedless and Thompson Seedless. The largest European importer of Israeli grapes is the Netherlands.

Herbs

Growing herbs and spices is one of the major agricultural activities carried out by Israeli settlements in the Jordan Rift Valley. Settlement herbs and spices are sold as Fresh Herbs, or, if organic, as Organic Fresh Herbs, by the Agrexco Agricultural Export Company under its brand label "Carmel". The bulk packaging of settlement herbs would be identical to that of herbs/spices grown in Israel and exported by Agrexco. In supermarkets herbs and spices are often re-packaged into smaller quantities which designate origin as Israeli.

Cherry Tomatoes

According to the secretary-general of the Yesha Council of settlements, the Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim supplies 25 percent of Israel’s exports of cherry tomatoes. The website of another Israeli settlement located in the Gaza Strip, Moshav Gadid, states that the Gaza settlement bloc of Gush Katif supplies 45 percent of all of Israel’s tomato exports. In the Yakal Gatif export regional packing house in Gaza cherry tomatoes are packaged under at least the following Carmel/Agrexco labels in 250 gram (8.8 oz) punnets. At point-of-purchase the packaging is indistinguishable from that of cherry tomatoes grown and packaged inside Israel.

Bio-Top Organic Cherry Tomatoes, bar code number: 7 290002 766308

Cherry Tomatoes On the Vine, bar code number: 7 290002 766315

Dana cherries, bar code number: 7 290002 766056

These products have been found in supermarkets and/or produce stores in:

France

The Netherlands

UK

Private label:

Settlement cherry tomatoes may be labeled under a private labels as in the case of Naturkost Füllhorn Öko Cherry-Tomaten packaged by Yakal Gatif for the Köln, Germany-based REWE Handelsgruppe GmbH.

Other agricultural products grown in Gush Katif and exported under the Carmel label by Agrexco are Bio-Top organic cucumbers and Bio-Top organic bell peppers (capsicum).

 

Section III

Settlement manufacturing firms which advertise that their products are available in the EU but whose presence in European markets has not been researched:

Abir Textile Industries Ltd.

Manufacturer of various sewing threads, notably Abir brands Uni Core and Core Jet threads (used for heavy duty sewing machines, for jeans, harnesses, footwear). Located in the Barkan industrial zone in the western West Bank.

POB 12 Barkan Industrial Zone

Barkan 44820

Tel: +972 3 9364854

Fax: +972 3 9364855

Tel Aviv office:

8 Yehuda Halevi St. Tel Aviv

Tel: +972 3 5173891

Fax: +972 3 5170251

Export to France, Germany, Greece, UK, USA

"Trade names and foreign representatives":

Akova (Germany)

Barmeg (Germany)

Adanim Tea Co. (1991) Ltd.

Bio-organic herbal teas and spices as well as ordinary herbal, fruit and medical teas. Located on Ofra settlement

POB 38

90627 Ofra

Tel: +972 2 9975691

Export to France, Germany, Netherlands, UK

Adumim Chemicals Ltd.

Manufacturers of food additives and preservatives (emulsifying agents and enzymes for the food industry; chemicals for cosmetics, perfumery, detergents and soaps). Located in Mishor Adumim (Edomim) Industrial Zone between Jerusalem and Jericho.

36 Haruvit, Mishor Adumim

90610 Maale Adumim

Tel: +972 2 5353565

Export to Greece, Ireland

Extal Ltd.

Manufacturers and distributors of aluminum profiles. Main office in the Maale Adumim settlement near Jerusalem

1 Etam Street

98510 Maale Adumim

Tel: +972 2 5355180

Export to Austria, Germany

Kibbutz Harum

Kibbutz Harum on the Golan Heights manufactures water-supply products for the European market. Europe is reportedly Kibbutz Harum’s largest market with about US$ 3 million in annual sales.

Lipski Plastic Industries Ltd.

Producer of plastic injected products: "juvenile products; toys; juvenile furniture; bathroom accessories; flushing cistern; toilet seats; sanitation." Located in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the western West Bank

PO Box 68, Industrial Area

Barkan 44820

Tel +972 3 9366101 or 9066800

"Lipski is part of the KETER GROUP which is Israel’s major plastic producer of consumer goods with four production units in Israel, one in Netherlands, one in the US, a marketing company in the UK and an R&D and mold manufacturing unit in Yoknam, Israel."

Export to the U.S.

Mapal Plastic Products

Manufacturers of finished and semi-finished desktop items made out of polypropylene to customer requirements. Client categories: 1) wholesalers and chain stores – school and college supply 2) wholesalers and chain stores – stationary supply 3) chain stores – household goods 4) stationary and school supply manufacturers 5) industrial and agricultural. Located on the Golan Heights.

Trade name: Flic-Stationary

Mapal Plastic Products Agricultural Products Division produces polypropylene growing troughs for various substrates, thickness of the growing troughs ranges from 800 to 1200 micron (for greenhouses)

Kibbutz Mevo-Hama

2934 Golan Heights

Website: http://www.flic.co.il

Export to France, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, USA

Shamir Food Industries Ltd.

Producer of prepared salads under the brand name:

Shamir

A Family of Delies

Some of the 75 assorted salads reportedly produced by Shamir: Humous, Oriental Cabbage, Peppers & Olives, Matbucha, Tachina Sesame dip. Located in the Barkan industrial zone in the western West Bank.

POB 005

Barkan Industrial Park

M.P. Efraim 44804

Tel: +972 3 9364160

Container options range from 100 gr to 10 kgs.

Shamir advertises that it sells its salads to many of the world’s largest supermarket chains: "Tesco, Waitrose, Safeway and Harrods in the U.K.; Delhaize in Belgium; as well as Monoprix and Leclerc in France"

Private label available.

 

Section IV

Investment in settlement enterprises by foreign firms; Licensees

Aqua International Partners, L.P.

345 California Street, Suite 1770

San Francisco, California 94104

Tel: +1 415-743-1505

Fax: +1 415-743-1504

Website: http://www.waterfund.com

Aqua International Partners, a San Francisco-based equity fund which finances water supply and wastewater treatment in developing countries, invested some US$ 47.5 million for a 25% stake in Eden Springs Ltd. (Mayanot Eden Ltd.). Eden Springs Ltd. produces Mei Eden bottled mineral water in the Katzrin Industrial Zone on the Golan Heights.

Aqua International Partners was founded with support from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation ("OPIC"), a U.S. government agency. Aqua International Partners is a member of Texas Pacific Group, an investment partnership based in Fort Worth and San Francisco, which invests in environmental, airline, banking, and other companies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia. William Reilly, the founder and CEO of Aqua International Partners and former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is a member of the Board of Directors of Eden Springs, Ltd.

Burger King International

Burger King reportedly reneged on its August 26, 1999 agreement to remove the Burger King logo and products from an Israeli franchisee location in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.

Fleurmec

Mapal Plastic Products on the Golan Heights represents Fleurmerc of the Netherlands http://flic.co.il

Lavazza – Espresso Point

Eden Springs Ltd., which bottles and markets Mei Eden water from the Golan Heights, holds the rights to distribute "Lavazza – Espresso Point" coffee capsules and espresso machines in Israel. The company markets this brand directly to homes and businesses. In February 2002 Eden Springs Ltd signed an agreement, via a subsidiary, to acquire all the outstanding shares of two companies – Rent a Cooler Sweden and Rent a Cooler Norway.

Levi’s and Marks and Spencers

Abir Textile Industries Ltd., located in the Barkan industrial zone, promotes its branded sewing threads Uni Core and Core Jet by saying that manufacturers for companies such as Marks and Spencers and Levi’s have had company approval for use of Abir’s threads in the production of their products.

Stock S.p.A.

Corso Cavour n. 5

34132 Trieste Italy

Tel: +39 040 3888111

Fax: +39 040 3888112

Website: http://www.stock-spa.it

Brands of the Italian distillery Stock are produced under license by Barkan Wine Cellars which is located in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the western West Bank. According to Stock’s website’s international distribution network page, Barkan produces the following brands: Stock 84 Brandy; Grappa Julia; Keglevich Fruit Vodka, Keglevich Clear Vodka; Monfort Wines.

Since 1995 Stock has been part of the German multinational Eckes AG, a leader in the production and distribution of spirits and fruit juices. Grappa Julia is one of Eckes AG top alcoholic brands.

Eckes AG

Ludwig-Eckes-Allee 6

Nieder-Olm 55268, Germany

Fax: +49 (0) 613 635-2425

Website: http://www.eckes-ag.de