OSLO: Norway’s Seafood Council said on Wednesday Norwegian seafood exports grew by 17 percent in March to 8.9 billion crowns ($1.04 billion) year-on-year.
Volumes decreased by 14 percent to 216,000 tonnes over the same period Norway exported 95,143 tonnes of salmon, the most popular type of fish sold, worth 6.3 billion crowns in March The value of salmon exports increased by 1.1 billion crowns, or 21 percent, year-on-year, while volume was up 11 percent. The average price for fresh whole salmon was 61.42 Norwegian crowns per kilo, up from 58.90 crowns in March 2016 Poland, France and the U.S. were the biggest importers of Norwegian salmon.
So far this year Norway has exported 636,000 tonnes of seafood, a decrease of 7 percent from the first quarter last year, at a value of 24.1 billion crowns, an increase of 13 percent Norway is the world’s top exporter of salmon, with leading producers including Marine Harvest, Salmar, Leroy Seafood.
