A Survey of Palestinian Industry: Production of Dairy Products By Tnuva Ltd. & other processed food and tobacco in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 518. . Chapter XIII: Section 4:

CHAPTER XIII.

PRODUCTION OF DAIRY PRODUCTS BY TNUVA LTD.

Products

'
Year Pas- Sour milk Other
teuriaed (leben & Butter Cheese Cream products
milk kefir) tons tons tons ton a
(1000 ltrs.) (1000 Itrs.)
1942 11,134 1,249 267 888 609 -
1943 12,876 1,516 392 739 445 **
1944 ll,758 1.684 418 614 1,197 **
135. Other processed. Food, drink & tobacco. The Palestine Brewery, established before the war, has been extended and two additional plants erected. Deliveries of beer during 1944 were eight times greater than pre-war. The production of wines and liqueurs, though 60% greater than in 1939, is still insufficient to cope with the increased demand from local overseas consumers; the industry has during many decades become well entrenched, having set up a net of export contacts which should ensure it a continued prosperity.

136. The output of cigarettes has doubled; in addition to the local tobacco crop, substantial quantities of Turkish tobacco and, to a lesser extent, Virginia tobacco from the United States are utilised.

137. The chocolate factories have advanced the quality and design of their products to a standard which should enable them not only to maintain their position, but even to expand their export markets as soon as the present limitations, principally on sugar and packing materials, have disappeared.

138. Parallel with the increase in their output, there has been an improvement in the quality of the jams and marmalades produced locally. Large Army orders provoked a spectacular expansion in their manufacture, which utilised mainly the local surplus of citrus and fruit pulp imported from Syria. The progress made in the canning of vegetables and fruits was hampered by various unfavourable war-time influences such as the comparative stringency in the supply of fresh vegetables and the shortage of containers and sugar. Species of vegetables particularly suitable
______________________________
* Production of cream was prohibited in August, 1942 by Government order.

** Mainly "lebenia", an imitation of cream.

Page 518