Monday, April 6, 2020

Norwegian Seafood Exports Continue To Trend Up

I'd have expected larger growth in tonnage with the collapse of the krone but maybe that will happen this month.
The increse in NOK value is more a function of currency moves than anything else.
From PoAndPo Agrifish, April 4:

Norway exported 213,000 tonnes of seafood worth NOK 9.6 billion in March.
This is an increase of NOK 392 million, or 4 per cent, compared with March 2019.
Topics: Norwegian seafood export

In the first quarter, 664,000 tonnes of seafood were exported, worth NOK 28.6 billion.

The value of Norwegian seafood exports has increased by NOK 2.9 billion, or 11 per cent, against the same period last year.

85,800 tonnes of salmon were valued at NOK 6.1 billion in March.

This is an increase in volume of 4 per cent, while export value increased by NOK 103 million, or 2 per cent, compared with March last year.

In the first quarter, 252,000 tonnes of salmon were exported, worth NOK 18.5 billion.

This is an increase in volume of 2 per cent, while the value has increased by NOK 1.8 billion, or 11 per cent....
....MUCH MORE, a lot of information