Rise in U.S. complaints over illegal settlements goods

The United States Department of the Treasury is reporting an increase in complaints by the US people that goods produced by Israel in the occupied West Bank is being imported into the U.S. without the proper ‘country of origin’ markings, in contradiction to U.S customs regulations.

Each year the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency receives between 800 and 1,000 complaints regarding the import of items from around the world into the country.

Recently, the CBP confirmed, there has been a growing number of complaints about products manufactured in the illegal settlements but exported under a different label.

The Zionist daily Haaretz quoted a CBP spokeswoman as confirming the guidelines.

"Marking items produced in the West Bank or Gaza Strip as 'Made in Israel,' 'Israel,' 'Occupied Territories-Israel,' or words of similar meaning, and later exporting those items to the U.S., is contrary to the noted Treasury decisions," she said.