EBEP: The valuation of the year for the Piraeus business is positive

“The business in the first port of the country endured, and this year” states an announcement of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, based on the data of GEMI, which were announced at the last meeting of the Board. of the chamber.

Specifically, as noted, there were a total of 1021 registrations, of which 976 relate to start-ups, and 150 deletions. The ratio of 7 to 1, and the increase of foundations by 10%, combined with the reduction of “padlocks” by 25% in 2021, compared to 2020, creates sound expectations for 2022.

Commenting on the data, the president of EVEP, Vassilis Korkidis, noted that pirate entrepreneurship continues to fight and, as the numbers show, continues to create added value and jobs. He also wished that the year that will follow will be “free” from new mutations, but also that 2022 will be a year where the balance of registrations-deletions of companies will increase its strong positive sign.

More specifically, according to the relevant tables, the legal form with the most registrations was the IKE with 503 registrations and 15 deletions, followed by the EU with 145 registrations and 6 deletions, the SA with 113 registrations and 32 deletions, the Individuals had 110 registrations and 56 deletions, for OE there were 80 registrations and 12 deletions, the LTD had 32 registrations and 22 deletions and 1 Consortium (0 deletions) was established, 36 Foreign Branches Ltd. (5 deletions) and a Foreign Branch SA (2 deletions).

The President referred briefly to the actions developed by the chamber to support and develop the commercial and shipping activities between the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Piraeus and Famagusta, as well as the agreement to co-organize an Economic Forum in May 2022 in Cyprus. issues of logistics and inflationary pressures, which concern the trading world and affect both import and export trade.

Completion of the Scaramanga Node

Important for the entrepreneurship of the wider region and for the restart of the two large shipyards of Scaramanga and Elefsina, as mentioned at the same meeting of the Board of the Chamber, is the inclusion in the program planning of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with the approval as a National Level project. , the completion of the Scaramanga Junction and the connection of the Western Ring of Egaleo Avenue with the Athens-Corinth National Road. It was also stressed that those structural and other changes must be accelerated, which will make the country’s economy more attractive for attracting investments, both from abroad and from within.

In the evaluation of the year and in the enumeration of the positives, Mr. Korkidis added the renewal of the representation of the Chamber for the next two years in the Board. of EuroCommerce, the assumption of the chairmanship of the Committee of ASCAME “Transport and Logistics”, but also the retention of the chairmanship of the Committee of “Trade and Retail”. Finally, he noted the importance of the role they play for transport, shipping, industry and trade, to point out that Piraeus, which is a strong shipping and trade hub, will exercise dynamic interventions with the participation of members of the D. S., in the context of the work of the two committees.

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Source From: Capital

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