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Export Promotion

The export activities of Greek companies are supported through various actions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Indicatively, these include: promoting bilateral and multilateral economic agreements and collaborations of Greece with various countries and multinational organizations respectively, organizing trade missions abroad, supporting the participation of Greek companies in international trade fairs and in educational activities to enhance their outward orientation, etc.

The following entities play a key role in promoting the export of Greek products and services to foreign markets:

Enterprise Greece is the official investment and trade promotion agency of the Greek State, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which attracts foreign direct investment in Greece and promotes the export of Greek products and services abroad. As a member of the Economic Diplomacy mechanism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it cooperates closely with the network of Embassies, Consulates, and Offices for Economic and Commercial Affairs in all important markets of the world in order to create synergies and implement joint actions aiming to achieve results with the greatest positive impact.

Export Credit Greece is a state-owned export credit corporation that is supervised by the General Secretariat for International Economic Relations and Openness of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its mission is to support Greek enterprises engaged in international transactions and investments, by providing the Greek exporter with:

credit insurance from political, financial, and trade risks and any other related risks, export credits, insurance coverage, and guarantees to foreign companies that are involved in projects with a strategic significance for the Greek economy financial tools to develop the exporting activities of Greek companies and the internationalisation of the Greek economy.

Indicative export promotion activities:

- Business mission to Bulgaria and a parallel business forum, Sofia, October 2-4, 2024, in collaboration with chambers of commerce and other export organizations, with the participation of Greek companies active in the sectors of energy, construction, and food

- Participation of Greek exhibitors in the leading professional wine and spirits exhibition in Latin America, the international trade show ProWein, (São Paulo, October 1-3, 2024)

- organization of Greece's national pavilion at the international trade fair for the marble and natural stone industry, Marmomac, in Italy, (Verona, September 24-27, 2024)