Ministry of National Economy has said that garment factories in illegal Israeli settlements have been re-labelling the products with international brand names to market them in the Palestinian market. The Consumer Protection Directorate team closely monitored a vehicle loaded with Israeli garments exiting the illegal settlement of Burkan and heading to Salfit market. Director of the Consumer Protection Directorate in Salfit, Raed Naser stated that his directorate crews have detected dealings between Burkan garment factories and some Palestinian tailoring workshops. In April 2010, President Mahmoud Abbas signed a law banning trading and promoting settlement products in Palestinian markets. The law stipulates that “any trading, promoting, marketing, storing, transporting or packaging of settlement products into the Palestinian market, providing any service or offering any benefit for settlements along with their products is prohibited.”
