2017 proving a good year for Norwegian cod sales

Norway exported 165,000 metric tons (MT) of fisheries and aquaculture products worth NOK 7.5 billion (USD 963.5 million, EUR 806.9 million) to overseas markets last month, with the volume 2 percent higher than in August 2016 and the value up 7 percent or NOK 501 million (USD 64.4 million, EUR 53.9 million) year-on-year, according to new figures published by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC).

For the first eight months of this year, Norway exported 1.6 million MT of seafood worth NOK …