Norway exported farmed salmon worth NOK 64.7 billion (USD 8 billion, EUR 6.7 billion) last year, an increase of five percent, or NOK 3.4 billion (USD 421.6 million, EUR 351.4 million) compared with 2016. In volume terms, the trade amounted to one million metric tons (MT), which was 2.8 percent, or 27,000 MT, more than the previous year.
Despite its record value and increased volume, the salmon sector’s export growth flattened out in 2017, said Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) anal…