Norway exported seafood worth NOK 5.7 billion (EUR 633.3 million; USD 687.1 million) last month, an increase of 15 percent or NOK 729 million (EUR 81 million; USD 87.9 million) year-on-year, achieving its best July on record.
The Scandinavian country’s exports for the first seven months of this year totaled NOK 39.7 billion (EUR 4.4 billion; USD 4.8 billion), an increase of NOK 2.2 billion (EUR 244.4 million; USD 265.3 million) year-on-year.
“Norway has never had a better July for seafood exports. We can point to the high market prices being achieved for some of our most important species. Salmon alone accounted for more than 40 percent of the July increase, achieving good prices in Norwegian kroner, even if the volumes remain the same as in July 2014,” said Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit, director of market insights at the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC).
Its salmon exports in July were worth NOK 3.8 billion (EUR 422.1 million; USD 458.1 million), an increase of 9 percent or NOK 301 million (EUR 33.4 million; USD 36.3 million) year-on-year. In volume terms, its salmon exports totaled 81,900 metric tons last month.
The average price for fresh whole salmon increased, from NOK 40.54 (EUR 4.50; USD 4.89) per kg a year ago to NOK 44.08 (EUR 4.89; USD 5.31) per kg last month.
France, Poland and the United Kingdom were the biggest importers of Norwegian salmon in July.
Together, cod, pollock, haddock and other groundfish contributed NOK 147 million (EUR 16.3 million; USD 17.7 million) to July’s total.
Meanwhile, mackerel had a slow start to the year, but increased by 146 percent or NOK 85 million (EUR 9.4 million; USD 10.2 million) to reach NOK 143 million (EUR 15.9 million; USD 17.2 million) in July.
