As you know Greece is a rich country in landscapes and climatic variety making it one of the top destinations not only of Europe but of the world. But usually countries with such a variety have a very rich soil and that's the case of the blessed Greek land putting this country among the top world producers of many agricultural products.

In the following lists I'll show you some of the top products of Greece with figures and comparison tables by country.

Olives and Olive oil:

Greece is the world 3rd producer of Olive oil in the world after Spain and Italy (though part of the Greek crop is exported to Italy, where repackaged for sale abroad as olive oil "made in Italy" thus according to figures this makes Greece the second real world producer). Greece boasts more varieties of olives than any other country. The country holds has more than 132 million trees, which produce approximately 350,000 tons of olive oil annually.

In North America, Italian olive oil is the best-known, but top-quality extra-virgin oils from Spain, Greece, and France (Provence) are sold at high prices and considered of better quality, often in 'prestige' packaging.

About half of the annual Greek olive oil production is exported. Olives are grown for oil in mainland Greece as well as in Crete, the Aegean Islands and Ionian Islands, and the Peloponnese, the latter being the source of 65 percent of Greek production

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Black olives

It is the world's top producer of black olives.

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Extra-virgin olive oil

Considered of better quality than the normal; Greece is the world's biggest producer of extra-virgin olive oil (where 75 percent of olive oil produced is extra virgin), topping Italy (where 40-45 percent of olive oil produced is extra virgin) or Spain (where 25-30 percent of olive oil produced is extra virgin).

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Cotton

Greece was the 8th cotton producer of the world last year (though it usually is the 6th producer but due to the floods in the Evros area unfortunately many crops have been lost, hopefully this year it will get back to its normal production getting back to the 6th position) and top producer in the European Union with 2,000,000 tons yearly. Also it's the 3rd cotton producer per capita of the world. It has the 6th largest area of lands under cotton in hectares (it used to have the 5th but in the last few years many of those lands were given for other uses). Most of the cotton produced is exported.

Top world producers of cotton:

1. China
2. USA
3. India
4. Pakistan
5. Brazil
6. Uzbekistan
7. Turkey
8. Greece
9. Australia
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Kiwi
Greece is the 5th world producer of this fruit rich in vitamins.

Top Kiwi producers:

1.Italy
2.New Zealand
3.Chile
4.France
5.Greece
6.Japan
7.USA
8.Iran
9.Portugal
10.South Korea
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Grapes

Greece is the 12th grapes producer and 9th exporter. It produced 1,500,000 tons last year.

Top world producers:

1.Italy
2.France
3.USA
4.Spain
5.China
6.Turkey
7.Iran
8.Argentina
9.Chile
10.Australia
11.South Africa
12.Greece
13.Egypt
14.Brazil
15.India
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Wine

ATTENTION: Special long study of Greek wines

Greece is the 12th wine producer of the world (used to be 5th back in the old days but in the 80's many of the wine producers changed their interest on tourism activities as the later was in more demand decreasing the production quantity, anyway this tendency has changed and for the last 5 years the wine production in the is increasing putting each year the country in higher levels of production having gone from the 15th place to the current 12th in the last 5 years). Also currently it takes the world 8th place in land area under vines.

Debate exists regarding the number of distinct cultivars varieties inhabiting Greece. Until recently, it was common to hear estimates in excess of 300.

Greek wines are of high quality many times giving quantity in exchange of better quality and lower production. Only in Peloponessos there are 60,000 hectares of vines (as much as the whole of Austria). But it's expected that the real giant with greatest potential is Crete with currently 50,000 hectares and a potential to double that number and triple the production numbers (Crete produces the 20% of the wine of the country).

Another areas famous for their wines are Central Greece, Macedonia, Santorini, Milos, the Ionian Islands, Mykonos, Paros, Rhodes and Samos among other areas.

Attiki in central Greece is known for its famous Retsina variety (Retsina is a wine variety produced only in Greece). Despite in the 60's Retsina became mostly popular in the local market and the most famous Greek wine abroad, in the last decade the other white and red varieties produced in the country took again that title even winning international awards.

Top Wine producers in hectolitres:
1.Italy 95millions
2.France 65millions
3.Spain 33millions
4.USA 20millions
5.Argentina 18millions
6.Germany 10millions
7.Romania 9millions
8.Australia 8.5millions
9.Portugal 8millions
10.South Africa 8millions
11.Chile 7.5 millions
12.Greece 6millions
13.Hungary 5 millions


Top countries in land area under vines (in hectares):
1.Spain 1.2 millions
2.Italy 900,000
3.France 850,000
4.USA 500,000
5.Portugal 450,000
6.Romania 250,000
7.Argentina 210,000
8.Greece 170,000
9.Australia 123,000
10.Hungary 120,000
11.Germany 110,000
12.South Africa 100,000
13.Chile 80,000
14.Austria 60,000

For more info on Greek wines you can visit http://www.greekwinemakers.com/, this site is very comprehensive and rich on info about greek wines, varieties, wineries and more.

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Tomato

Greece is the world 11th Tomatoes producer with 2,000,000 tons (used to be higher in production quantity but a high percentage of rural population became urban in the last years having moved to cities) and 3rd in the EU after Italy and Spain. Also it's the top producer per capita of the world having a big surplus of tomatoes making it a big exporter of this product.

Greece is well known for the high quality of its tomatoes and unique flavor.

Top tomato producers:
1.China
2.USA
3.Turkey
4.Italy
5.India
6.Egypt
7.Spain
8.Iran
9.Brazil
10.Mexico
11.Greece
12.Russia
13.Chile
14.Morocco
15.Ukraine

Top producers per capita

1.Greece
2.Egypt
3.Italy
4.Spain
5.Turkey

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Oranges

Greece is the 12th world oranges producer (3rd of the EU after Italy and Spain), 2nd world producer per capita only after Brazil and 6th world exporter.

Its production accounts 1,000,000 tons for the last year.

World top producers:

1.Brazil
2.USA
3.Mexico
4.India
5.Italy
6.China
7.Spain
8.Iran
9.Egypt
10.Indonesia
11.Turkey
12.Greece
13.Pakistan
14.South Africa
15.Morocco

Top producers per capita

1.Brazil
2.Greece
3.Spain
4.Italy
5.Mexico

Top world exporters:

1.Spain
2.USA
3.South Africa
4.Netherlands
5.Morocco
6.Greece
7.Australia
8.Egypt
9.Italy
10.Turkey
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The list of products is very long, so give me please some time as I have collected all the data by product but it takes a long time to throw it here, so I'll get back soon with other lists of products made in Greece and placing the country among the top producers on earth.

Very interesting thread, thanks :okay: ! I'd like to know how are Greek wines rated abroad(quality). Is there a list?(Top20 or something.)

Greek wine never had a high quality reputation because most consumers associated Greek wine with dreadful retsina. The packaging and marketing also left much to be desired. However over recent years it has made significant improvements through production techniques, with many wine-makers being trained at schools in Bordeaux in France, Davis in California and South Australia (yes Australia). New World wine technology has revolutionised wine-making. Amongst others factors they've been able to control the temperature much better during fermentation using stainless steel vats.

Along with a new awareness of Greek varietals, such as xinomavro and agrotiko, improved production and marketing, Greek wine is finally making an impression in this multi-billion dollar industry. The future looks good as long as Greek wine-makers concentrate on high quality and not mass production.

Websites

http://www.greekwine.gr

http://www.greekwinemakers.com

http://www.allaboutgreekwine.com

Wine can be a major drawcard for tourists interested in wine, as well as agrotourism and cultural tourism in general.

Artichoke

Greece produces around 40,000 tons of this vegetable placing the country in the 8th position.

Top world producers in tons:
1.Italy 470,000
2.Spain 190,000
3.Argentina 90,000
4.Egypt 70,000
5.China 55,000
6.Morocco 54,000
7.France 53,000
8.Greece 40,000
9.USA 37,000
10.Algeria 35,000

Top producers of artichokes per capita kg/person:
1.Italy 7.8
2.Spain 4.7
3.Greece 3.3
4.Argentina 2.3
5.Chile 2
6.Morocco 1.8
7.Egypt 1.3

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Almonds

Greece is the 8th world almonds producer with a 50,000 tons production and 4th per capita producer with 4.16 kg per person.

Top world producers of Almonds in tons:
1.USA 670,000
2.Spain 205,000
3.Syria 130,000
4.Italy 110,000
5.Iran 80,000
6.Morocco 70,000
7.Tunisia 57,000
8.Greece 50,000
9.Turkey 40,000
10.Algeria 33,000

Top world producers of Almonds per capita kg/person

1.Syria 6.8
2.Tunisia 5.7
3.Spain 5.12
4.Greece 4.16
5.Morocco 2.25
6.USA 2.23
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Hazelnuts

Greece is the 11th world producer of hazelnuts.

Top world producers of hazelnuts in kgs:
1.Turkey 570,000
2.Italy 130,000
3.USA 25,400
4.Spain 22,500
5.Azerbaijan 20,000
6.China 13,500
7.Iran 13,000
8.France 6,500
9.Georgia 4,000
10.Russia 3,500
11.Greece 2,100
12.Belarus 1,800
13.Kirguistan 1,200
14.Tajikistan 1,000
15.Uzbekistan 1,000
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Chestnut

Greece is the world 10th producer of this fruit.

Top world producers in tons:
1.China 825,000
2.Italy 52,000
3.South Korea 50,000
4.Turkey 49,000
5.Bolivia 34,670
6.Portugal 24,800
7.Japan 24,000
8.Russia 19,000
9.France 13,000
10.Greece 12,300
11.Spain 10,000
12.North Korea 9,000
13.Georgia 1,200
14.Serbia 900
15.Hungary 850
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Cherries

Greece is the 12th world cherries producer with 47,708 tons as well as the 4th producer per capita.

Top producers in tons:
1 United States of America 256,825
2 Turkey 245,000
3 Iran 224,000
4 Germany 120,000
5 Russia 100,000
6 Italy 95,169
7 Ukraine 85,300
8 Spain 62,800
9 France 58,859
10 Romania 50,988
11 Poland 48,442
12 Greece 47,708
13 Syria 39,700
14 Lebanon 34,000
15 Serbia 33,000
16 Chile 32,000
17 Austria 27,250
18 Bulgaria 21,369
19 Uzbekistan 20,000 F
20 Czech Republic 18,291

Top world producers per capita kg/inhab:

1.Lebanon 8.5
2.Turkey 3.4
3.Iran 3.2
4.Greece 2.9
5.Spain 2.2
6.Syria 2.1
7.Chile 2.06
8.Italy 1.8
9.Ukraine 1.7
10.Germany 1.5

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Asparagus

Greece is the world 9th producer of asparagus and 3rd world producer per capita.

World top Top producers:
1 China 5,906,000
2 Peru 193,000
3 USA 102,780
4 Germany 76,581
5 Mexico 67,247
6 Spain 47,600
7 Italy 44,437
8 Japan 29,600
9 Greece 24,300
10 Philipines 21,000
11 Chile 20,000
12 France 18,200
13 Netherlands 15,000
14 Thailand 13,000
15 Bulgaria 12,000

Top producers per capita kg/inhab

1.Peru 7.7
2.China 4.3
3.Greece 2.0
4.Chile 1.25
5.Spain 1.2
6.Bulgaria 1.2
7.Netherlands 1.0
8.Germany 0.95
9.Italy 0.74
10.Mexico 0.63


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The list continues and is way long, so in the next days I'll fill it with other products where Greece is a top country.

Hi, Kostya yes here you got a list of award winning Greek wines.

Sorry to correct you Neorion in a small detail, Greek wines have been award winning for the last 18 years.

Here goes the list:

BOUTARIS
Naoussa Grande Reserve '88
1994 Selections Mondials (Canada), Best Greek Wine
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Chateau Carras '90
1991 Citadelle D' Or


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GEROVASILIOU
Ktima Gerovasiliou '90
1990 Bordeaux, amongst the eight best wines in the world


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SEMELI
Attikos Topikos
1994 Concours Mondials Bruxelles, Commendation
1993 Vinexpo Bordeaux, Silver Medal
1995 Vinexpo Bordeaux, Bronze

Semeli Red
1994 Concours Mondials Bruxelles, Commendation

Chateau Semeli
1994 Concours Mondials Bruxelles, Bronze Medal
1993 Vinexpo France, Silver Medal

Semeli Nemea
1989,1991 Wine Magazine International Challenge London, Bronze Medal
1990 Wine Magazine International Challenge London, Commendation
1990 Concours Mondials Bruxelles, Bronze Medal
1994 Concours Mondials Bruxelles, Commendation
1991 Concours Int'l De Degustation France, Silver Medal
1992 Challenge Int'l Du Vin France, Silver Medal
1993 Challenge Int'l Du Vin France, Gold Medal

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HATZIMIHALI
Hatzimihali White '93
1994 London, Silver Medal, Best Greek White

Ktima Hatzimihali, Ambelon '93
1994 Bruxelles, Diplome D' Honnneur
1994 London, Silver Medal

Ktima Hatzimihali, Chardonnay '91 '93
1992 Wine America, 2nd prize for Chardonnay
1994 Wine America, 1st prize for Chardonnay
1994 Bruxelles, Diplome D' Honneur

Ktima Hatzimihali, Cabernet Sauvignon '
1994 Bruxelles, Silver Medal ('92 vintage)
(1988, '89, '90, '91 vintages), awarded in New York and London

Hatzimihali, Cava White '92
1994 Wine America, 1st Golden Prize in White Wine category

Ktima Hatzimihali, Merlot '92
1993 Wine America, Silver Medal in Red Wine category
1994 Wine America, Silver Medal in Red Wine category
1994 Bruxelles, Diplome D' Honneur
1994 London, Bronze Medal
1993, 1994 Wine & Spirits Gold, Best Greek Wine, and amongst the 50 best wines in the world

Hatzimihali, Cava Red '90
1994 Wine America, Gold Medal in Red category
1994 Bruxelles, Diplome D' Honneur, Prestige category
1994 London, Silver Medal in Red Wine category

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KOURTAKIS
Kouros, Patra
1989 Vinexpo Trophy
1990 Eurobest Packaging Trophy

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KTIMA MERCOURI
Ktima Mercouri
1994 Concours Mondials Bruxelles, Bronze Medal ('92 vintage)

Sorry to correct you Neorion in a small detail, Greek wines have been award winning for the last 18 years. Grigori, all wine producers and regions have won awards. It's no secret Greece is a recent up and coming producer as far as high quality wine is concerned.

Greek Wine, from Yuck to Yum (Yuck to Yum)

Amazing thread.

I didn't know Greece was so strong in certain sectors of agriculture.

You can find more nice statistics in the Eurostat (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=Yearlies_new_agriculture&root=Yearlies_new_agriculture/E/E1/E14/eda37648)web site like this one:


(2006)
Agricultural output:
(billion €)

Crops
European Countries

France: 33
Italy: 27
Spain: 22
Germany: 18.7
Netherlands: 11.1
UK: 7.6
Poland: 7.2
Greece: 7
Romania: 6.2
Portugal: 3.6
Hungary: 3.5
Belgium: 3
Switzerland: 2.7
Denmark: 2.4
Austria: 2.4
Bulgaria: 1.7
Czech Republic: 1.7
Sweden: 1.5
Finland: 1.4
Ireland: 1.3
Lithuania: 0.75
Slovakia:0.7
Slovenia: 0.5
Latvia: 0.35
Norway: 0.33
Cyprus: 0.3
Estonia: 0.2
Luxembourg: 0.07
Malta: 0.05

Ωραίο θέμα Γρηγόρη. Με την ευκαιρία δοθείσας να ευχηθώ σε εσένα και σε όλους τους εορτάζοντες χρόνια πολλά.

All right let's continue with some other products (as it's a really early in the morning I'll add just a few and continue with the rest within this upcoming week, as you can see the list of products that make Greece a top world producer is endless)

But first I want to thank you Kostantinoupolis for remembering my day, thank you :cheers1:

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Spinach

Greece is the 13th world producer of spinach and 3rd world producer per capita (that's make Greece a heaven for Popeye :) )

Top world producers of spinach:
1 China 11.011.000
2 USA 410.060
3 Japan 300.000
4 Turkey 220.000
5 South Korea 120.000
6 France 105.000
7 Belgium 100.000
8 Italy 90.000
9 Pakistan 86.600
10 Indonesia 85.936
11 Egypt 48.700
12 Spain 45.000
13 Greece 44.000
14 Netherlands 41.000
15 Germany 36.700
16 Bangladesh 29.000
17 Kenya 20.000
18 Mexico 19.579
19 Peru 15.000
20 Portugal 14.000

Top producers per capita kg/inhab

1.Belgium 9.5
2.China 8.1
3.Greece 3.6
4.Turkey 2.9
5.Netherlands 2.7
6.Japan 2.5
7.South Korea 2.4
8.France 1.7
9.Italy 1.5
10.Portugal 1.4
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Beans, green

Greece is the 13th world producer of Green Beans (used to be the 12th until 2002, but the bad conditions of the weather in the last years ruined many fields crops). Also it's the 4th world producer per capita.

Top world producers of green beans:
1 China 2,381,300
2 Indonesia 830,000
3 Turkey 555,000
4 India 420,000
5 Spain 240,100
6 Egypt 215,000
7 Italy 200,356
8 Morocco 100,000
9 Belgium 100,000
10 USA 97,160 F
11 France 97,000
12 Thailand 92,000
13 Greece 71,200
14 Bangladesh 59,000
15 Romania 58,434
16 Mexico 55,000
17 Canada 55,000
18 Japan 54,000
19 Netherlands 45,000
20 Sri Lanka 42,000

Top world producers of green beans per capita kg/inhab:

1.Belgium 9.5
2.Turkey 7.4
3.Spain 6.0
4.Greece 5.93
5.Egypt 4.3
6.Indonesia 4.1
7.Italy 3.3
8.Morocco 3.0
9.France 1.6
10.Thailand 1.5
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Apricots

Greece is the 10th world producer of Apricots, it's also the 1st world producer per capita.

Top world producers:
1 Turkey 350,000
2 Iran 285,000
3 Pakistan 214,800
4 Italy 213,425
5 France 155,765
6 Spain 122,400
7 Algeria 100,000
8 Syria 100,000
9 Ukraine 99,300
10 Greece 95,998
11 USA 91,740
12 China 86,509
13 Morocco 85,000
14 South Africa 82,282
15 Russia 80,400
16 Egypt 72,523
17 Uzbekistan 42,000
18 Serbia 40,800
19 Hungary 35,000
20 Lebanon 32,000

Top world producers per capita kg/inhab:
1.Greece 7.9
2.Lebanon 5.3
3.Syria 5.2
4.Turkey 4.6
5.Serbia 4.2
6.Iran 4.0
7.Italy 3.5
7.Hungary 3.4
8.Spain 3.06
9.Algeria 3.03
10.France 2.6
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Figs
Greece is the world 3rd figs producer and 1st producer per capita.

Top world producers of figs:
1 Turkey 235,000
2 Egypt 150,200
3 Greece 80,000
4 Morocco 75,600
5 Iran 71,228
6 Spain 43,163
7 Algeria 40,864
8 Syria 40,019
9 United States of America 37,195
10 Brazil 25,981
11 Albania 22,790
12 Italy 21,803
13 Tunisia 19,000
14 Lebanon 16,500
15 Portugal 14,472
16 India 10,500
17 Palestine, Occupied Tr. 5,363
18 Croatia 4,672
19 Serbia 4,512
20 Yemen 4,218
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Goat milk
Greece is the 5th world producer of goat milk and 1st world producer per capita.

Top producers of goat milk:
1 India 2,600,000
2 Bangladesh 1,320,000
3 Sudan 1,250,000 F
4 Pakistan 607,000
5 Greece 521,133
6 France 511,600
7 Spain 488,700
8 Iran 365,940
9 Russia 308,733
10 Ukraine 257,000
11 China 245,493
12 Turkey 219,795
13 Indonesia 200,000
14 Mali 196,080
15 Algeria 155,000
16 Mexico 139,873
17 Brazil 138,000
18 Italy 112,400
19 Niger 105,000
20 Mauritania 101,250
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Sheep milk

Greece is the 3rd world producer of sheep milk as well as the world 1st producer per capita of this product.

Top world sheep milk producers:

1 China 1,006,000
2 Italy 819,500
3 Greece 735,500
4 Turkey 657,383
5 Syria 535,873
6 Sudan 464,000
7 Spain 420,493
8 Iran 301,840
9 Romania 267,650
10 France 256,750
11 Algeria 190,000
12 Mali 108,000
13 Portugal 97,266
14 Mauritania 96,025
15 Bulgaria 93,479
16 Egypt 93,000
17 Indonesia 91,680
18 Saudi Arabia 82,000
19 Albania 69,000
20 Libya 56,000
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Lemons

Greece is the world 13th producer of lemons.

Top producers of lemons:
1 Mexico 1,594,020
2 India 1,320,000 *
3 Argentina 1,217,666
4 Iran 1,038,833
5 Spain 1,024,105
6 Brazil 964,817
7 United States of America 913,530
8 Italy 574,043
9 Turkey 510,000
10 China 396,328
11 Egypt 296,267
12 Peru 204,004
13 Greece 178,968
14 South Africa 169,025
15 Chile 132,000
16 Guatemala 130,762
17 Lebanon 103,100
18 Colombia 88,227
19 Thailand 80,000 F
20 Syria 79,427

Top lemons producers per capita kgs/inhab:
1.Argentina 30.4
2.Spain 25.6
3.Lebanon 17.2
4.Mexico 15.0
5.Greece 14.9
6.Iran 14.6
7.Guatemala 10.6
8.Peru 8.1
9.Italy 9.6
10.Chile 8.25
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Peaches

Greece is the world 5th peaches producer as well as the 1st producer per capita.

Top world producers:
1 China 4,586,160
2 Italy 1,708,403
3 United States of America 1,341,643
4 Spain 1,082,285
5 Greece 943,336
6 Turkey 460,000
7 France 458,135
8 Iran 380,000
9 Chile 290,000
10 Argentina 257,768
11 Egypt 247,300
12 Brazil 222,616
13 Mexico 175,752
14 Japan 175,600
15 South Africa 173,868
16 South Korea 166,275
17 India 150,000
18 North Korea 115,000
19 Australia 107,703
20 Tunisia 75,000
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Walnuts

Greece is the world 10th producer of walnuts and 3rd producer per capita.

Top producers of walnuts:

1 United States of America 276,690
2 China 252,347
3 Iran 168,031
4 Turkey 116,000
5 Ukraine 55,130
6 Romania 33,942
7 India 29,000
8 France 27,815
9 Egypt 26,680
10 Greece 22,341
11 Pakistan 19,584
12 Mexico 18,500
13 Morocco 17,800
14 Austria 15,751
15 Germany 15,700
16 Serbia 15,661
17 Chile 12,500
18 Georgia 12,394
19 Russian Federation 12,000
20 Belarus 12,000

Top walnuts producers per capita:

1.Iran 22.0
2.Austria 19.6
3.Greece 18.6
4.Turkey 15.5
5.Ukraine 11.0
6.Serbia 14.9
7.Romania 13.5
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Well guys enough for the moment, I'll get back in the next days to add more products (the list is indeed endless!)

wonderful thread and wonderful statistics... Thank you so much for this thread...

Sorry for the long delay in the maintenance of this thread but I've been a little busy during the last weeks (and still I'm but I'll make a lapsus to the daily grind, in order to add at least a some more products to the long list).

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Pistachios

Greece is the 6th world producer of pistachios. Let me also add that I personally suggest you to try the Aegina's pistachios (an island located just 50 kms from Athens and a good place to take a short and close weekend escape to paradise from nearby urban chaos); as they're considered among the best in worldwide quality.

World top producers of pistachios (tons):

1 Iran 190,000
2 United States of America 140,000
3 Turkey 60,000
4 Syria 60,000
5 China 34,000
6 Greece 9,500
7 Italy 2,400
8 Uzbekistan 1,000
9 Tunisia 800
10 Pakistan 200

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Watermelons

Greece is the 10th world producer of watermelons (though that number use to be between the 7th and 9th) due to recent bad climatic factors, like floods, etc lowered the expected production a little. Also Greece is the world 1st producer per capita.

World top producers of watermelons (tons):

1 China 68,314,940
2 Turkey 3,825,000
3 Iran 2,150,000
4 United States of America 1,669,940
5 Egypt 1,588,528
6 Mexico 970,055
7 Russia 920,350
8 South Korea 823,672
9 Spain 764,600
10 Greece 696,000
11 Morocco 683,700
12 Kazakhstan 666,900
13 Brazil 622,000
14 Syria 620,000
15 Italy 562,909

World top producers of watermelons (kg per capita):

1 Greece 58.0
2 Turkey 53.12
3 China 50.60
4 Kazakhstan 44.4
5 Syria 32.63
6 Iran 29.86
7 Morocco 20.72
8 Egypt 20.35
9 Spain 19.1
10 South Korea 16.8
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Goat meat

Though I'm a vegeterian I have to add this one.....it's a tough one, all right let's go.
Greece is the 9th world producer of goat meat.

Top world producers of goat meat (tons):

1 India 469,732
2 Pakistan 332,959
3 Bangladesh 137,200
4 Nigeria 135,689
5 Sudan 126,357
6 Iran 105,124
7 Indonesia 58,200
8 Turkey 46,865
9 Greece 44,750
10 Mali 43,671
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Tobacco

Unfortunately this one is also a bad one, specially for a non-smoker like me and declared officially an anti-smoker-hoping-this-heavy-people-killer-to-reach-an-end-soon. Despite all that I have to put this one also in the list.

Greece is the 7th world producer of tobacco and 1st producer per capita.

Top world producers of tobacco:

1 China 2,685,500
2 Brazil 878,651
3 India 598,000
4 United States of America 290,100
5 Indonesia 141,000
6 Turkey 140,716
7 Greece 123,000
8 Argentina 118,000
9 Italy 110,000
10 Pakistan 84,400
11 Thailand 70,000
12 Malawi 69,500
13 North Korea 65,400
14 Zimbabwe 65,000
15 Bulgaria 62,000

KIDS PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM CIGARETTES!!!!
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Vetches

Greece is the world 12th producer of vetches.

Top world producers of vetches (tons):

1 Russia 453,000
2 Turkey 132,124
3 Spain 131,100
4 Ukraine 127,700
5 Ethiopia 92,339
6 Mexico 90,000
7 Syria 32,300
8 Serbia 25,000
9 Australia 20,000
10 Lithuania 16,000
11 Morocco 12,530
12 Greece 6,500
13 Italy 6,500
14 Lebanon 5,250 F
15 Eritrea 4,500
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All right, enough for today we'll continue another day with more products.

Where do you get all this stuff? Amazing! Greece holds some strong positions.

The UN Agriculture organization.

What about apples, raspberries, strawberries, cherries, potatos, carrots or beetroots?

Read carefully the list and you will find that Greece is the 12th world cherries producer with 47,708 tons as well as the 4th world producer per capita.

As for Carrots, apples, lettuce etc, I'll add them soon, just let me get rid of some work :) .

Excellent thread, thanks for the info!!!

I live almonds, peanuts and the relevant stuff. A re Grigori nasai kala!!!

Did you mention soya production quotas or was I too lazy to read carefully? My understanding is that Greece is an excellent place for cultivating soya... and Cannabis!!! Don''t get naughty :naughty:, I am refering especially the one used for making clothes, bags, that sort of think...

Don't smoke it, dress with it!!!

Also read the following from Kathimerini newspaper:

Law blurs cannabis distinction (http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100016_07/12/2006_77488)

Thank you for your comments Griogori, and yes indeed Greece has a great potentian of being a soya producer heaven as it has plenty of lands apt for its cultivation.

We should take advantage of the current worldwide soya boom where many countries became from non producers into big soya exporters, thus adding some good additional billions Euros to their treasury boxes.

As for the subproducts of soya they range from milk and cheese to industrial subproducts; so with that in mind I wouldn't doubt if they someday make the healthy version of cannabis smokes out of soya ;)

Anyone mention Mastic, which is terribly popular in Japan and China as gum, beverages and balm:banana: s? Only grown on one Greek island, it's almost worth it's weight in gold.

That will be the Island of Chios.

Yes, Chios. I'm in Japan right now on business and they sell Mastic gum, drinks and so on for exorbitant prices as beneficial for your health. I hope the Chiosans are charging them enough for the stuff!

Well gum ist not that expensive, so that anyone can actually afford it. Not big deal :)

As the info is provided by the United Nations for widely cultivated products and mastic is only done in Greece worldwide and in just ONE place nationwide there is no info about it in their agricultural organization. I'll have to look further for the yearly production of it.

As the info is provided by the United Nations for widely cultivated products and mastic is only done in Greece worldwide and in just ONE place nationwide there is no info about it in their agricultural organization. I'll have to look further for the yarly production of it.

Well at least i guess you wont spend a lot of time to find our position, it will be :
1.Greece, and no one else in the list :)

chio's gum is faaaaaaantastic....my doctor said to me(because i have stomach problems,oisofagitida)to chew only chios's gum ....thank God i listened to him....
:) :) :)