The Treasurer’s Guide to Trade Finance

Greece

Principal exports

Food and beverages, manufactured goods,

petroleum products, chemicals, and textiles.

Import/Export documentation

Within the EU: no documentation

requirements, but a commercial invoice is

typically included.

Outside the EU: commercial invoice, customs

declaration, bill of lading, packing list and,

sometimes, a certificate of origin.

Licences

Imports

ƒ Medicines, narcotics and motion picture

films.

ƒ Specific goods/items from countries under

EU surveillance.

Exports

ƒ Goods/items that are subject to international

controls.

Tariffs/Taxes

Imports

ƒ Tariffs on imports from outside the EU are

set according to the EU’s common customs

code, with higher rates for agricultural

imports.

Exports

ƒ None.

Financing requirements for imports/

exports

ƒ None.

Prohibited items

ƒ Imports that are prohibited in accordance

with EU regulations and UN Security Council

resolutions, such as items deemed a threat

to fauna and flora and national security.

ƒ Exports that are prohibited in accordance

with EU regulations and UN Security Council

resolutions.

Greece imports exports

Trade information

Key trading partners

Imports by origin

EU 51.9%

Russian

Federation 9.5%

China 5.9%

Iran 4.5%

Saudi Arabia 3.2%

Other 25.0%

Source: WTO, September 2012

Exports by destination

EU 49.9%

Turkey 7.8%

USA 5.4%

Singapore 2.6%

Macedonia 2.5%

Other 31.8%