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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.71, # 1, 2014, pp. 120-126

FUR SALES IN GREECE

Pouliopoulos Leonidas
PhD Lecturer, Technological Institute Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece

Pouliopoulos Theofilos
MBA Ternopil National Economic University, Ukraine

Received 10 January 2014; accepted 26 May 2014; published online 15 July 2014

Abstract
In this paper is presented a brief report of the evolution of fur trade through the

ages. We mention the reasons that led to the creation of the legend for the fur makers

of Kastoria and Siatista. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emerge of new

markets for furs, we analyze the efforts western Macedonian furriers made to

implement new ways to dispose furs, similar with the auctions in Denmark, Finland,

North America etc. In the conclusions part, we present our proposals on how furriers

can sell finished and semi-finished furs in the best and most efficient way.

Keywords: Fur, system of codes, furrier, Kastoria/Siatista, semi-finished product, final product

JEL Classification Codes: L 67

The activity of crafts and fur industries in Kastoria has a history of many centuries. There

are historical reports since the 16th century, although the cottage industry may be even older.

The history of fur trade in Europe is very old. The historian Tacitus states that the Germans were

influenced by the Romans and the noble Germans began using a wide range of expensive furs

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[Larisch Paul, 1928, pp. 34-35]. From the 7th until the 13 century C.E the Hazards, the

Scandinavian Vikings, Mongols and Russians were supplying Constantinople with furs they

bought from the Muslim traders from Baghdad and they were exchanging them with spices, silk

etc [Ballis Theocharis, 1973, pp.10 -12]. In the Byzantine era, trade reached its highest point and

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