The 100 most important Greek exported products in the World
According to an analysis by the Panhellenic Association of Exporters and the Center for Export Research and Studies (KEEM), based on the provisional data from EL-STAT, exports, for the period January – September 2025, decreased overall by 4.9% and amounted to just 35.58 billion euros.
Imports in the same period decreased by 4.5%, with their total value set at 58.90 billion euros. As a result of the above movements, the trade deficit shrank by 3.8% and reached 23.32 billion euros in the nine-month period of 2025.
The 5 main export markets of our country, in descending order, are Italy, Germany, Cyprus, Bulgaria and the U.S.A., exactly as they were in the nine-month period of 2024. In the top ten destinations for Greek products are Romania (6th place), the U.K. (7th), Spain (8th), France (9th) and the Netherlands (10th).
Italy continues during the examined period of 2025 to be the most important destination for Greek exports, despite their drop of 15.8% compared to the nine-month period of 2024, while Germany occupies 2nd place, despite the increase in exports by 6.7%. Cyprus rises to 3rd place, with a slight decline (-2%) and is followed by Bulgaria occupying 4th with an increase of 4.1%. The top five of the country’s main export markets is completed with the U.S.A., maintaining a small increase, of the order of 1.7%. Romania rose to 6th place from 7th which it held in the nine-month period of 2024, due to the increase in exports to that country by 18.1%, while the U.K. fell to 7th (from 6th), due to the decrease in exports by 2%. In 8th place is Spain (from 9th) and is followed by France, towards which Greek exports were strengthened (by 6.4%), resulting in it capturing 10th place from the 9th it held. The top ten of the main destinations for Greek exports is completed by the Netherlands, which was in 15th place during the aforementioned period of 2024.
Beyond the top ten customer countries of Greek products for the period January-September 2025, it is worth noting the significant increase in exports (44.3%) and large rise in the ranking of China (22nd place from 29th), Denmark (25th from 39th) with an increase of 74.1% and Japan (32nd from 43rd) with an expansion of 38.7%. On the other hand, noteworthy is the decline of Saudi Arabia (37th from 26th) with a drop of 41.3%, Slovenia (43rd from 23rd) with a decrease of 63.1% and S. Korea (48th from 25th) with a shrinkage of 65.7% compared to the first nine months of 2024.
Regarding the destinations of Greek exports by economic union, an increase is recorded only towards the BRICS Countries (23%), which however constitute just 1.9% of the total Greek exports and the Eurasian Economic Union (30.5%) which constitutes a meager 0.4% of the total, for the nine-month period of 2025.
A decline is recorded towards the most significant economic unions: towards the OECD (-3.8%), towards the EU(27) (-1%), towards the Eurozone (-5.5%) and towards the G7 (-2.7%).
Regarding product categories, the decrease of -4.9% results from downward trends in all sectors, with the only exceptions being the industrial products sector (1.8%) and the agricultural products sector (9.2%).
The 10 most significant Greek exported products to the World, for the nine-month period of 2025 are exactly the same as they were in the previous year’s nine-month period, despite any increases or decreases they had. More specifically, in 1st place are exports of Greek oil, despite their decrease of 25.6%, in 2nd place are exports of pharmaceuticals with a decline of 7.6%, in 3rd place are exports of aluminum sheets with an increase of 16.8%. Following, in 4th place are exports of feta-kefalotyri cheese with an increase of 9% and the top five are closed by exports of electric energy with an increase of 3.3%, compared to the nine-month period of 2024.
6th place is held by exports of virgin olive oil (increase 6.1%), while 7th place is occupied by fish (increase 13.8%). 8th and 9th place are held by vegetables and pipes of all kinds, respectively, with an increase for vegetables of 8.1%, and for pipes of 9.2%. The top ten are completed by exports of petroleum asphalt, with an increase of 16.7%, compared to the corresponding period in 2024.
The President of the Panhellenic Exporters Association, Mr. Alkiviadis Kalamabokis, commenting on the above, stated the following: “The Panhellenic Exporters Association is inaugurating a new era of information with the depiction of the 100 most significant export markets for Greece and the 100 most significant export products to the World.
This specific nine-month period of 2025, compared to the nine-month period of 2024, highlights once again that the stable position and preference of Greek exporters towards the countries of the E.U. is non-negotiable. The necessity for risk dispersion and the further development of Greek exports will come from their increase towards Third Countries. The dependence on the E.U., which recently is facing an economic crisis, will be smaller. The above depiction emphatically highlights that the new markets and the opportunities they present will gradually lead us to the reduction of our trade deficit.
