Trade with Greece
95
only exception being the countries of Latin
America. Finally, among the new entries in the list
of the top-100 destinations for Greek products,
we should note the increased presence of African
countries, such as Togo (54th), Senegal (85th),
Angola (88th) and Guinea (97th).
The following table gives a first picture of the top-
20 categories of Greek exports.
The top-20 Greek categories of Greek exports
(1st Semester 2013)
Evidently, it is difficult not to notice the bias in
favour of petroleum products, while it is also obvi-
ous that the hard core of Greek exports is a mix
of manufacturing and agricultural goods.
The most notable new entries among the top-100
categories of Greek exports are those of airplanes
(44), various types of olive oil (excluding virgin olive
oil), articles of iron (48), cucumbers (77), dresses
(79), pastry dough (89), confectionery (90), prepa-
rations of fruit (94), tangerines (96), minks (97), cer-
tain fruit (98) and impregnated textile fabrics (99).
1st Semester
2013
1st Semester
2013
PRODUCT
Value (€ mn) Volume Tons
1
1
Petroleum mineral oils
5,182.6
8,054,863.9
2
2
Pharmaceuticals, retail
369.5
5,701.1
4
3
Aluminium plates, tapes and foils > 0.2 mm
251.7
89,241.5
5
4
Fish, fresh or frozen
201.9
43,024.4
6
6
Tubes of all types
179.0
27,489.7
7
7
Vegetables, processed
165.2
75,863.5
8
8
Cheeses
149.5
26,717.0
9
10
Apricots, cherries and peaches
135.9
146,422.8
10
15
Aluminium alloys
108.1
59,065.1
11
21
Aluminium foils and tapes
98.9
31,402.4
12
23
Oranges, fresh or dried
93.3
232,360.8
13
17
Cigarettes containing tobacco
92.6
10,481.6
14
12
Tobacco, with the stalks
87.4
16,280.6
15
19
Polypropylene
85.3
70,312.7
16
13
Electricity
85.1
0.1
17
33
Portland cement
82.6
2,072,445.7
18
14
Subscriber handsets
82.0
162.2
19
5
Cotton
74.5
52,925.9
20
24
Dresses, blouses and shirts
73.9
4,110.6
