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Greek Exports at Record Highs in 2019 Despite Global Turbulence

Greece's export performance set new historical records in 2019, the Panhellenic Exporters' Association and the Center for Export Research and Studies announced on Friday. The increase is mostly due to the upward trend of Greek exports to the other nations...

Greece to Begin Procedures to Privatize Ten Regional Ports

The Greek government has launched the necessary legal procedures for the further commercial development of ten large regional ports in the country, according to an announcement issued on Friday. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and Shipping and Island Policy Minister Giannis...

Greece Will be the Honored Country at China International Import Expo

Greece will be foremost among the countries honored at the China International Import Expo 2019 (CIIE), held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. A statement by Enterprise Greece, the nation's official export-promotion agency, said that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos...

Greek Olives and Olive Oil Exempt From US Tariffs on EU Goods

Greek olive oil and olives will be exempt from the recent tariffs imposed by the US government on a variety of European Union products, it was announced on Thursday. The Office of the American Trade Representative recently published its full...

Greece Bans Imported Pork From Bulgaria Amid African Swine Fever Outbreak

Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva said on Friday that Greece has decided to ban imported pork from her country, due to an outbreak of African Swine Fever disease that has been detected in thousands of animals in Bulgaria over the...

Greece Among The Regions Benefitting Least From EU Single Market

A study conducted recently by the Bertelsman Foundation found that regions in Greece are among those benefitting the least from the EU's Single Market. The Single Market refers to the EU as one single territory without any internal borders or other...

EU Threatens to Place Tariffs on $20 Billion Worth of US Products

The European Union published on Wednesday an 11-page list of American products on which the Union could impose tariffs if President Trump goes ahead with his threats of imposing tariffs on EU products. Brussels and Washington have been at odds with...

Diaspora Chambers Launch Trade Initiative With Greece, Cyprus and Egypt

The Chambers of Commerce of the Greek, Cypriot and Egyptian diasporas in Australia are preparing an action plan to promote trade and investment relations with their three respective countries. According to Photis Photiou, the Cypriot Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs...

'Staramaki': A New Type of Kalamaki From Kilkis

There could be a new food item on the Greek horizon, "Staramaki"! An alternative form of the famous Greek kalamaki, or souvlaki, it could be produced by wheat from the area of Kilkis, in Central Macedonia. Wheat from Greece currently faces...

Paypal: How Greek Merchants Can Export More in 2017

According to the PayPal and Ipsos Report titled How Greek Merchants Can Raise Their Cross-border Trade in 2017, Greek merchants have a few different resources available to them in order to accomplish such a task, as detailed below. PayPal and...