Israelis won’t just be eating Matzos this Pesach. The Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce reported that in the two weeks before Pesach, 10,000 tons of potatoes are expected to be sold and will bring in close to $8 million.The average household will spend about $3.50 on potatoes this Pesach while the average person will eat about 3 lbs.
They also showed that the year 2006 yielded a crop of 570,000 tons of potatoes, out of which 220,000 tons went toward local consumption, 90,000 tons went toward industry and 260,000 tons were exported.
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How many eggs?
That’s not small potatoes
Is there any other important news going on now besides for potatoes?
a rough 8000 tons is sold every two weeks anyway, so big shpritz, an extra two thousands tons for such a big population is not much more than usual.