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 To have a more concrete analysis in data ,8 companies out of 10 took part in the case study analysis from all categories of products. This was helpful to have more results and answers from a variety of small and medium businesses and conduct easier our analysis. From these companies divided into categories, two of them were food processing ones (olive oil, spaghetti company), another two companies were dairy processing. Subsequently, some alcohol companies (wine and Greek ouzo processingones) and finally beverage companies with juices and other beverages. The selection came as an optionto cover the whole range in food and beverage companies and discover specific results from product category. All these companies are based in Greece and all of them are exporting their products in various countries in EU, USA, Russia, China, and Asian countries. Most of them are basically medium enterprises but in some product cases there are some small businesses which took part in this study. For the  All the results of this researchare conducted in tables, which are going to be mentioned in the next chapter of the results and discussion and categorized in sections. After the data collection it was better to categorize the questions about these barriers into institutional, tax barriers, legal and political and then some solutions and recommendations from the experts’ responds. These eight case companies which are proposed in this research are belonging to a variety of owners and products across the Food and Beverage range, giving the possibility to have more general findings.
В исследовании, проведенном по заказу Европейского Союза, изучались вопросы, связанные с экспортом продуктов питания и напитков из Греции в страны ЕС, США, Россию, Китай и Азию. В исследовании приняли участие 10 компаний, которые занимались различными видами деятельности, включая пищевые и алкогольные напитки, а также производство и транспортировку продуктов питания.