Sector export playbook ยท HS 01-24

Greece Agriculture and food exports
where capability meets demand

Explore Greece's HS 01-24 product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.

GRCHS 01-2444 products2024 trade year
Sector exports$769.9M2024 reported value
Products44Qualifying HS6 products
Buyer markets19Markets represented
Average CAGR+6.5%Product-level growth signal
Global sector size$150.9BReported buyer imports

Agriculture and food capability

How strong is Greece in this sector?

Compare exporter scale with product breadth, buyer demand, growth, and destination reach. A large sector does not remove the need for product, compliance, pricing, and buyer validation.

Sector footprint

$769.9M in exports

Reported agriculture and food exports in 2024 across 44 qualifying HS6 products.

Global demand

$150.9B buyer imports

The sector's reported buyer import base provides context for product and market prioritization.

How to use the guide

Find the next credible move

Start with products that combine demand and exporter capability, then validate standards, route economics, buyers, and competition.

Product portfolio

Which products anchor the sector?

Each HS6 product is ranked by calculated opportunity and shown with reported market size, exporter exports, growth, and destination reach.

ProductGlobal sizeYour exportsOpportunityCAGRMarketsShare
HS 210690Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10$14.5B$37.7M$7.6B+15.2%3+0.2%
HS 220300Beer: made from malt$7.6B$2.8M$7.6B+9.5%1+0.0%
HS 190590Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products$9.1B$19.8M$7.2B+17.1%2+0.2%
HS 220890Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208$4.9B$1.3M$6.6B+1.7%1+0.0%
HS 030617Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water$9.1B$127.9K$6.2B+65.2%2+0.0%
HS 240220Cigarettes: containing tobacco$4.4B$1.5M$4.4B-10.3%2+0.0%
HS 090111Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated$10.3B$454.3K$4.0B+10.4%2+0.0%
HS 070200Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled$3.6B$106.7K$3.6B+26.6%1+0.0%
HS 100590Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed$5.1B$40.5K$3.4B-44.8%2+0.0%
HS 151800Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils$3.5B$740.1K$3.2B+22.1%2+0.0%
HS 220421Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less$7.6B$26.6M$3.0B+5.0%2+0.3%
HS 120190Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken$3.6B$51.0K$2.8B+2.9%2+0.0%
HS 190110Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for infant use, put up for retail sale$3.6B$4.9K$2.7B-0.6%1+0.0%
HS 220820Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc$2.2B$218.6K$2.5B+11.0%2+0.0%
HS 200410Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen$2.2B$19.2K$2.5B+16.1%1+0.0%
HS 220720Ethyl alcohol and other spirits: denatured, of any strength$1.4B$16.1$2.4B-5.3%1+0.0%
HS 040690Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406$5.4B$279.4M$2.4B+13.5%2+3.2%
HS 230910Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding$3.7B$210.7K$2.3B-11.2%2+0.0%
HS 030441Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), Danube (Hucho hucho)$2.6B$31.9$2.2B-13.3%1+0.0%
HS 030633Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not$1.7B$159.0K$2.1B+42.7%1+0.0%
HS 020230Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen$4.8B$337.8$2.0B-8.0%1+0.0%
HS 170290Sugars: n.e.c. in heading no. 1702, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing, in the dry state, 50% by weight of fructose$1.2B$180.8$2.0B+6.6%1+0.0%
HS 151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified$1.6B$3.7K$2.0B+19.5%1+0.0%
HS 070960Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta$2.2B$2.5K$1.9B-3.6%1+0.0%
HS 151790Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516$1.2B$9.4$1.8B-23.9%1+0.0%
HS 020714Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen$2.6B$94.0K$1.8B+19.8%1+0.0%
HS 100630Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed$1.8B$2.3M$1.7B+70.5%1+0.1%
HS 190531Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa$2.4B$7.4M$1.6B+11.9%1+0.3%
HS 010229Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals$1.9B$78.1K$1.6B+1.9%1+0.0%
HS 090121Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated$2.0B$1.3M$1.5B+2.0%1+0.1%
HS 220830Whiskies$2.1B$2.2M$1.5B+20.5%1+0.1%
HS 170490Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa$3.2B$9.2M$1.5B+11.5%1+0.3%
HS 240391Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted$2.7B$373.3M$1.4B-7.1%1+13.9%
HS 180100Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted$3.7B$45.5$1.4B-19.1%1+0.0%
HS 180620Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg$1.4B$9.6K$1.4B+7.7%1+0.0%
HS 060290Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602$1.5B$2.6M$1.3B+13.8%1+0.2%
HS 030214Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$1.0B$8.0K$1.3B+1.8%1+0.0%
HS 240210Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos: containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto$1.5B$12.5$1.3B-33.3%1+0.0%
HS 081190Fruit, edible: fruit and nuts n.e.s. in heading no. 0811, uncooked or cooked, frozen whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter$849.7M$0.6$1.2B-29.5%1+0.0%
HS 230330Brewing or distilling dregs and waste: whether or not in the form of pellets$663.0M$38.1$1.2B-34.1%1+0.0%
HS 170113Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter$616.4M$68.1$1.2B-4.5%1+0.0%
HS 151620Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared$1.1B$93.9$1.2B+31.1%1+0.0%
HS 180400Cocoa: butter, fat and oil$1.9B$73.0K$1.2B-4.5%1+0.0%
HS 040150Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 10%$990.2M$76.5K$1.1B+34.3%1+0.0%

Best markets

Where does sector demand concentrate?

Markets are ranked by calculated opportunity across the qualifying products in this sector view.

USA

USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

22 products represented in the sector.

$57.2B$78.1B reported buyer imports

CHN

China

11 products represented in the sector.

$20.8B$23.7B reported buyer imports

DEU

Germany

6 products represented in the sector.

$9.6B$16.9B reported buyer imports

CAN

Canada

3 products represented in the sector.

$6.1B$5.2B reported buyer imports

IRN

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

1 products represented in the sector.

$2.1B$3.1B reported buyer imports

SAU

Saudi Arabia

1 products represented in the sector.

$1.7B$1.8B reported buyer imports

ESP

Spain

1 products represented in the sector.

$1.7B$2.0B reported buyer imports

IRQ

Iraq

1 products represented in the sector.

$1.7B$1.2B reported buyer imports

ITA

Italy

1 products represented in the sector.

$1.6B$1.9B reported buyer imports

JPN

Japan

1 products represented in the sector.

$1.4B$2.7B reported buyer imports

NLD

Netherlands

1 products represented in the sector.

$1.4B$3.7B reported buyer imports

SWE

Sweden

1 products represented in the sector.

$1.3B$1.0B reported buyer imports

Growth stars

Which products show the strongest growth?

Average product-level CAGR is a screening signal. Confirm the latest trend, base effects, buyer quality, and commercial feasibility before acting.

ProductAverage CAGROpportunityMarkets
HS 100630Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed+70.5%$1.7B1
HS 030617Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water+65.2%$6.2B2
HS 030633Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not+42.7%$2.1B1
HS 040150Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 10%+34.3%$1.1B1
HS 151620Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared+31.1%$1.2B1
HS 070200Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled+26.6%$3.6B1
HS 151800Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils+22.1%$3.2B2
HS 220830Whiskies+20.5%$1.5B1
HS 020714Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen+19.8%$1.8B1
HS 151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified+19.5%$2.0B1

Diversification opportunities

Which products reach the widest buyer base?

Destination count is a simple breadth indicator. It does not measure destination concentration or guarantee resilience.

HS 210690

Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10

3 markets$7.6B calculated opportunity

HS 190590

Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products

2 markets$7.2B calculated opportunity

HS 030617

Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water

2 markets$6.2B calculated opportunity

HS 240220

Cigarettes: containing tobacco

2 markets$4.4B calculated opportunity

HS 090111

Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated

2 markets$4.0B calculated opportunity

HS 100590

Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed

2 markets$3.4B calculated opportunity

HS 151800

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils

2 markets$3.2B calculated opportunity

HS 220421

Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less

2 markets$3.0B calculated opportunity

Frequently asked questions

Using the Agriculture and food export playbook

Practical guidance for interpreting sector scale, growth, product breadth, and buyer markets.

How strong is Greece in this sector?

Compare sector exports, product breadth, buyer markets, growth, and global demand. These signals identify research priorities rather than guarantee market access.

What are growth stars?

Products with higher average reported growth in the screened rows. Validate the time period, base effects, buyer demand, and current exporter position.

What does diversification mean here?

Products reaching more buyer markets in the screened data. Destination breadth is useful context but does not replace concentration, route, or buyer analysis.

Data source

OECD trade statistics with CEPII context

OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.