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1 Committed to Export Welcome Innovative German Food industry - overview

2 German Export Association for Food and Agriproducts GEFA e.v. sectoral members meat& sausages dairyproducts sweets FOOD PRODUCTS beer fruit, vegetables, horticulture otherproducts agricultural machinery AGRIPRODUCTS plant breeding lifestock German Meat GmbH Export-Union für Milchprodukte e.v. German Sweets e.v. Verband der Ausfuhrbrauereien Nord-, West-und Südwestdeutschlands e.v. Bundesvereinigung der ErzeugerorganisationenObstund Gemüse e.v. Food -Made in Germany e.v. Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.v. Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.v. German Livestock e.v. Bayerischer Brauerbund e.v. Bundesverband der obst-, gemüse-und kartoffelverarbeitenden Industrie e.v. de de wers.com ock.de intersectoral members sustaining members

3 Top selling German Food brands (>1,000), extract

4 Top five Export nations: food and agriproducts 160 in billion US-$ USA Netherlands Germany Brazil China status , final figures Source: WTO/AMI

5 Top five Import nations: food and agriproducts 160 in billion US-$ USA China Germany Japan Netherlands status , final figures Source: WTO/AMI

6 German agricultural exports and imports Greece in million Euros German exports % % Greek exports *preliminary figures: status source: Federal Statistical Office/AMI

7 German exports on Food and Agriproducts to Greece, total: 0.8 billion Euros +3.3% January to December 2017, compared to 2016, in thousands of Euros Dairy products % Meat + sausages % Sweets % Bakeries and other % Fruit, vegetables, % Beer Living animals Living plants Wine % +4.9% -4.2% +6.2% status: , preliminary figures 2016 Source: Federal Statistical Office/AMI

8 Trend 1: Germany`s global image

9 Trend 2: German virtues small and medium sized companies: 76% <100 employes most of them are family businesses/managed by owners industriousness, punctuality, entrepreneurship among farmers, high-tech in the stalls and fields, innovation in seed production and animal genetics, years of experience, and above all KNOW HOW co-operation among farmers and the food industry companies CSR factors: CO2 footprint, resource preservation, environmental protection, animal welfare, regionality, employee participation

10 Trend 3: Challenges of the market Growing consumer demands Increasing focus on the social behavior of food and nutrition very individual measures in their understanding of the quality of food products New market segments: organic, functional food, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free, light and convenience Regional, sustainable, seasonal, fair trade High competition in the German food retail top five grocery chains account for approx % of food sales Outcome innovative food industry with about 40,000 new products / year high-quality foods at competitive world market prices

11 Trend 4: Created by German exporters

12 Pro Food GmbH Pro Food GmbH Heinrich- Hertz Str Recklinghausen Germany Ms. Aneta Nakova

13 GEFA Office Berlin GEFA e.v. and GEFA Exportservice GmbH Gertraudenstraße Berlin GERMANY phone: mobile: Holger Hübner Catharina Friedrichs web: Copyright 2010 GEFA

14 Thessaloniki, 24 April 2018 Thank you for coming