At the end of 2022, Greece increased the volume of imports of Russian goods to a record level of 9.33 billion Euros in monetary terms. reported In the report of analysts of the Greek statistical service Elstat.
“The value of Greece’s imports from Russia in the January-December 2022 period amounted to 9,330.2 million Euros. The increase recorded was 116.9% compared to the period January-December 2021, which was 4302.4 million euros, the document said.
At the same time, the export volume of Greek goods made to the Russian market in the 12 months of last year decreased by 24.3 percent compared to the same period of 2021. This figure came to only 156.4 million Euros compared to 206.6 million Euros a year ago. Thus, the trade balance with Russia was not in favor of Greece – the imbalance was at the level of 9.173 billion Euros, according to the statistical report.
January 30 press service of the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) published According to the statistics on the website, according to which in 2022 the flow of tourists from Russians to Greece fell by 83%, to Cyprus – 91.3%. In general, European Eastern Mediterranean countries lost up to 90% of tourists from Russia in 2022 on the backdrop of international sanctions against Moscow.