the economy revolves around grape and olive processing and marketing. both products account for some 96% of its total agricultural products. the agricultural cooperative of archanes, set up in 1931, is one of the oldest in greece, and consists of 1119 members. a quarter of the wine production is exported to germany, france and the netherlands, and the rest of the production is largely marketed domestically. since the late 1990s, attempts have been made to convert part of wine making step by step to organic and integrated farming, beginning with the cultivation of table grapes.