ogy products. Overall, it is estimated that the
country’s productive fabric has made a gradual
shift towards tradable products, obviously link-
ing production to the market and to the coun-
try’s overseas customers and their consumption
patterns.
In this context, it is self-evident that competitive
production requires investment in innovative sec-
tors, or even the introduction of innovative prac-
tices to traditional sectors, including commerciali-
sation and promotion practices.
The Greek economy is in transition. The transition
to a new model is neither self-evident nor can be
taken for granted, and requires time, target-setting,
clear thinking, hard work, persistence, patience,
a
competent and flexible state and a clearly export-
oriented private sector.
The further enhancement of the Greek economy’s
extroversion requires the encouragement of inno-
vation, requires investment and the mobilization
of dynamic enterprises that will be able to find
their way into international markets, having con-
sistency as their passport, offering high quality
products and services, and fully respecting their
international customers’ expectations and
demands, on the basis of mutual benefit.
The progress of the past three-years shows that
Greek exports are on a good path. Let’s keep it
like that.
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