Palestine Trade Center (PalTrade) - April 30, 2009 - Back to Resources Page

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The ability to rebuild Gaza and revitalize its economy is highly dependent on fully opening the commercial
crossings to permit inbound movements of industrial inputs, construction materials, and equipment. This
is not yet occurring.

Imports are less than a quarter of their pre-closure levels (i.e., before June 2007). This month a total of
2,456 truckloads of commercial and humanitarian freight entered into Gaza. The large majority of these
movements were food and animal feed.

Exports are negligible. During the entire month, there were only 5 truckloads of exports, all of which were
carnation flowers destined for the Netherlands.

Al Montar Crossing Conveyer Belt was open for 8 days (around a third of the scheduled days) and
processed imports of 554 commercial truckloads of wheat and animal feed.

Karem Abu Salem Crossing was open on all scheduled days and processed imports of 1,902 truckloads,
primarily of food, and export of 5 truckloads of carnation flowers.

Sufa Crossing was closed during this month, as it has been closed since September 12 ,2008. There are
indications that the Israelis intend to stop using this facility entirely, see OCHA Field Update on Gaza from
the Humanitrian Coordinator, Jerusalem, 10 - 16 March 2009.

Nahal Oz Crossing processed imports of 9.22 million liters of industrial gasoline and 3.5 million kg of
cooking gas, not including imports for UNRWA. These imports are markedly below estimated needs, see
Fuel Import Performance, Page 4 of this report.

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Palestine Trade Center (PalTrade) - April 30, 2009 - Back to Resources Page