US Customs clarifies position on labeling of West Bank products

The US government said areas in the West Bank run by Israel must label products as "Made in Israel" when exporting to the United States, but goods from Palestinian-administered areas do not need to.
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Bottles of wine are set to be shipped at Psagot winery in the Israeli settlement of Psagot adjacent to the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 19, 2019. Israeli Yaakov Berg recently lost a battle against Europe over labeling his wine, so when the United States announced it no longer considered the Israeli settlement he lives in illegal, he popped open a bottle. - EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images
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US Customs authorities have released clarifications on policy regarding the labeling of products from Israel and the Palestinian territories.

On Wednesday, US Customs and Border Protection released a statement saying that some products made in the West Bank that are sent to the United States must be labeled as “Israel,” “Product of Israel” or “Made in Israel.”

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