1 fao italian government cooperation programme assistance for capacity building through enhancing operation of the national agricultural policy centre syria opportunities syrian fruit and vegetable exports in eu market technical report by josé maría garcía alvarez coque waficca hosni 2 usaama saadi 3 gcp syr 006 ita phase ii field document serial number _______ food agriculture organization united nations damascus may 2003 professor economics university valencia upv researcher at index abbreviations _________________________________________________________ 4 executive summary____________________________________________________ 5 chapter introduction________________________________________________ 10 general overview vegetables _________ 12 trends________________________________________________________ interests accessing _______________________________ 13 seasonal import behaviour ______________________________________________ 15 summary conclusion ________________________________________ 19 marketing __________________________ 22 availability supplies price competitiveness___________________________ organisation_________________________________________________ 25 logistic considerations _________________________________________________ 28 29 windows opened trade ____________________