 Business in Greece, Athens
Syllabus of the Subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Greece. Athens
- Introduction to the Hellenic Republic (European Union)
- Economy of Greece: The largest merchant marine in the world
- Doing Business in Athens
- Greek Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
- Pan-European Corridor IX (Finland-Russia-Greece)
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Greece
- Access to the Greek Market
- Business Plan for Greece
Greek Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements
- Greece and the
European Economic Area
/ Orthodox
Economic Area
- European Union
- As a member of the European Union, Greece is a beneficiary of the
EU Free trade agreements with
Algeria,
Ivory Coast,
South Africa,
South Korea,
India,
Mexico,
MERCOSUR,
Chile,
Egypt,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Ukraine,
Moldova,
Georgia etc. besides the
Customs Union with Turkey
- Adriatic-Ionian Initiative
- Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
The goals of the Subject “Doing Business in Greece” are the following:
- To analyse the Greek Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in the Greek Market
- To analyse the trade relations of Greece with the country of the student
- To know the Greek free trade agreements as a member of the European Union
- To develop a business plan for the Greek Market
Examples of the Subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Greece:

Description of the Subject: Doing Business in Greece
The Hellenic Republic (Europe)
- Capital of Greece: Athens.
- Other important cities: Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Patras, Heraklion and Lárisa
- Official Language of Greece: Greek
- Area of Greece: 131,957 square kilometres
- Greek Population: 11 million people
- Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
- Borders of Greece: Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey
Religion in Greece: Orthodoxy (Christianity)
Greece belongs to the Orthodox Economic Area (European Economic Area)
- Greece became independent from the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in 1830
- Greece, through the Roman empire, was the chrysalis of the Western Civilisation

Economy of Greece.
- Greece is an advanced high-income economy (World Bank)
- The Hellenic Republic has suffered a deep economic crisis since 2008, although everything seems to indicate that slowly begins to overcome its crisis
- Greece represents the 15th economy of the European Union
- Greek GDP (nominal): 238,023 million dollars
- Services: 85%
- Industry: 12%
- Primary Sector: 3%
- Greek GDP per capita: 21,623 dollars
- Currency of Greece: Euro
- Greece is a member of the European Union since 1981
- Greece receives about 15.5 million tourists a year
- The Greek merchant marine is the largest in the world (4.5% of Greek GDP, 15% of the global cargo capacity)
- Other important Greek sectors are industrial production, foods, textiles, chemical products, mining and petroleum
- Headquarters of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop): Thessaloniki
Greek Foreign Trade.
- Greece is the main actor in the Balkans, with strong investments in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.
Many of these investments are made into the banking sector
- Top Greek exports are petroleum, aluminium, electrical equipment, pharmaceutical products, plastics, vegetables, fruits
- Top Greek exports destinations are Italy, Germany, Turkey,
Cyprus, Bulgaria
- The main Greek imports are petroleum, electrical equipment, pharmaceutical products, machinery
- Top suppliers of Greece: Germany, Italy, Russia, Iraq, China
- As a member of the European Union, Greece is a beneficiary of the EU Free trade agreements with South Africa, Mexico, MERCOSUR, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia...
International Economic Relations of Greece
- International Chamber of Commerce
- European Union
-
Convention Relating to Temporary Admission
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
-
Asia-Europe Economic Meeting (ASEM)
- United Nations
- Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption (GRECO)
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- International Rail Transport Committee (CIT)
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Regional Cooperation Council



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