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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-03-03
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[01] Export policy priorities presented
[01] Export policy priorities presented
The priorities of the governmentâs export policy was boosting
export-orientation of the economy, improving product quality and
services and facilitating access to foreign markets, Greek Economy and
Finance Minister Yiannis Papathanasiou said on Tuesday.
Addressing a HELEXPO event to present the 74th Thessaloniki
International Fair, Papathanasiou said that Greek exports were
successful in the last few years and predicted that exports would grow
by an annual rate of 2.4 pct by 2011.
The Greek minister noted that the government was encouraging private
investments with subsidies covering up to 60 pct of the budget and that
a total of 5,170 investment projects have been approved so far, worth
9.8 billion euros, creating 27,400 new jobs in the country. He
predicted that private investments -excluding homes- would grow by an
annual average rate of 4.2 pct in the period 2009-2011.
Papathanasiou stressed that the government was implementing an
integrated plan to maintain the growth dynamism of the economy,
supporting employment and lower income earners, while it was also
seeking to gradually cut its fiscal deficit.
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