date:May 13, 2019
especially those going to Singapore and Malaysia. Yet Greek strawberries have to deal with fierce competition outside Europe; in Asia, from the dominant South Korean strawberries; in the Gulf States, mainly from Egyptian and Moroccan products.
The European market, however, was good for the Greeks. Eastern European countries in particular imported a large part of the harvest. There was, however, a major disappointment at the season's peak, in March-April, as the Russians temporarily closed thei