ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF WINE EXPORT FROM PREFECTURE OF DRAMA

Sa？etak One of the reasons of the crisis we are experiencing today is the dramatic reduction of the primary sector. However, in regions such as the prefecture of Drama, there is the possibility of developing and strengthening of the primary sector in the wine domain. This study presents the development of wine industry and its recent export activity. More specifically, it analyses the wine domain existing situation in the prefecture of Drama and the export activity from 2009 to 2015. There is a trend going around favoring extroversion in the Greek winemaking industry after the advent of the economic crisis in Greece in 2009. It also analyses the wine sector’s existing situation in global, national and regional level, especially in the prefecture of Drama. The survey highlights useful conclusions concerning the production, the consumption, the stocks, the imports and exports of wine and the obstacles encountered in the export activity. Moreover, the dynamics of Drama' s winery and activity, including wine exports for the six years 2009-2015 both to the EU countries and with the third countries after the collection of secondary data, are presented and analyzed. Finally, it presents the export activity of prefecture of Drama in comparison to domestic/national export activity is also analyzed for the same period of time. Although the survey was conducted in a particular region, it draws useful conclusions which can be exploited for generalization in future work