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Israeli Economy Ministry Raises Price Cap by 30% for Competitive Yellow Cheese Imports
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First reported by Now 14 · 3 hours ago
What happened
The Israeli Ministry of Economy has issued a new import quota for yellow cheese with a 30% higher price cap to expand availability to small stores. This follows partial import of earlier quotas and aims to increase competition and lower prices across more retail points nationwide.
- 01Ministry of Economy raises yellow cheese price cap by 30% to expand availability to small stores.
- 02New 3,000-ton duty-free quota requires prices below 4 shekels per 100 grams in chains, 4.5 in other outlets.
- 03Earlier quotas saw importers commit to prices between 3.1 and 3.5 shekels per 100 grams.
- 04Only 60% of the initial quota has been imported so far this year.
- 05Quota committee set prices this time instead of competitive bidding by importers.
- 06A 45% bonus quota for premium cheese imports aims to increase product variety and competition.
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