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DIMITRIS TAKTIKOS

OWNER OF TAKTIKOS SA

"GREEK STRAWBERRIES HAVE THE
Mr Taktikos, could you please give us an
overall view of the strawberry sector in
Manolada?
Well, the season of strawberry in Mano- BEST QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS"
lada of Ilia usually starts in November. In
total, about 90 million strawberries are
planted in the area. Of these, about 15 mil- TAKTIKOS S.A. is a company that specializes in the production
lion are Fortuna, 40 million are Victory and and packaging of strawberries since 1970. According to Mr.
the rest are Camarosa, Rociera and a few
others with very limited plantings. A signif- Dimitris Tactikos, Owner of Taktikos SA. the Strawberry branch
icant difference from previous years is that in Manolada is dynamic and the Greek strawberries have com-
while Camarosa once accounted for about parative advantages over the Spanish ones.
3/4 of production, today it represents less
than 1/4.
How can the fact that some Central European ously towards the summer, increases this traders, as Greece's climate is more favor-
countries, such as Germany, have set some variety of products. However, in Greece able for strawberry cultivation and, indeed,
bases for expanding their production lots of plantings take place in places and some varieties while grown in both Greece
calendar, affect you? in ways that may further expand the Greek and Spain, may have here 4-5 degrees brix
Such moves increase competition. Until strawberry calendar. more.
Christmas, there are many Mediterranean
and Central European countries that bring Is the Greek Strawberry Sector, the way it Which are your plans about the future?
their products to the Market, but the total is today, competitive in Western European Taktikos SA experiences a constant
quantities are small and easily transport- markets? growth and we are determined to contin-
ed. From March to May, however, only the The Strawberry sector in Manolada is ue on this route. We own almost 100 ha of
production of Greece, Italy and Spain goes constantly growing and can go very far. I strawberry plantations and our plans are
far beyond the current one. Expanding the believe we have all the perspectives to to expand these plantations by 15-20%
production of countries like Germany, obvi- enter the markets dominated by Spanish each year.

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