Exporters’ Association: Greeks need to strengthen cooperation

Greece’s export show (percentage of exports to GDP) has tripled compared to the years of the fiscal crisis, with nutrient exports signaling an summation centered connected Central Macedonia, while the trade deficit, though remaining very high, is nary longer linked lone to imports of user products, arsenic was the lawsuit successful the past and particularly successful the years 2007-2008, but besides to purchases of superior instrumentality (e.g., machinery) from abroad.

The supra was announced during the property league for the presumption of the study “Mapping of Greece’s export enactment by portion 2020-2024” by the Greek Exporters’ Association-SEVE.

“Greeks bash not cooperate”

As pointed retired by the president of SEVE, Simos Diamantidis, successful the discourse of the effort to alteration Greece’s accumulation model, much innovative products request to beryllium produced, which, however, cannot each beryllium consumed within the country, so they indispensable beryllium exported. “However, 80% of exports successful Greece travel from 20% of ample companies. So we indispensable besides assistance small and medium-sized enterprises to export, which is difficult, due to the fact that Greeks bash not cooperate and this is simply a problem.”

It has besides observed that 82% of Greece’s exports hap successful three regions: Attica, Central Macedonia and Peloponnese. The remaining 10 lone marque 18% of Greece’s exports and this is besides a problem.

Also, a collaboration will statesman successful the adjacent aboriginal with ELSTAT, so that we tin spot what we import successful terms of earthy materials. Because we import earthy materials oregon superior products of astir 10 cardinal euros, so we indispensable springiness directions to the regions to nutrient the earthy materials that we import,” Diamantidis said and added that successful bid to alteration the picture, much mergers betwixt small and medium-sized enterprises are needed, so that they tin code larger markets, arsenic has already been done with the Kiwi Interprofessional.