Prices Archive

Norwegian salmon prices are starting to rise again with Christmas just over four weeks away. According to figures from Statistics Norway fresh salmon was up by 3.1% last week to NOK 70.55 per kilo – and that figure is expected to increase further as the festive season draws near. It is several weeks since fresh…

There was some welcome cheer for Norway’s under-pressure fish farmers this week as fresh salmon prices started to move sharply upwards again. According to Statistics Norway, they increased in Week 40 (3-9 October) by 5.6% to NOK 69.38 per kilo (£5.83), the highest rate of growth for almost two months. Producers under pressure from rising…

Fresh salmon prices have fallen to their lowest level of the year so far, according to Statistics Norway. The decline has been gradual but steady since midsummer. Last week (week 36)  they were marginally down on the previous week at NOK 61.80 per kilo (£5.32). This compares with NOK 72.05 a kilo (£6.20) around the…

Despite a fall in prices, August saw another record set for Norwegian salmon exports. The country’s salmon farmers sold 127,000 tonnes of the pink fish worth NOK 9.2 billion (£800m) Volumes were 7% higher, and the value increased by 34% or NOK 2.3 bn  (£200m) compared to August last year. The total was a record…

Fresh salmon prices are falling back to levels close to those last seen at the start of the year. Figures from Statistics Norway, which monitors trends on a regular basis, show they dropped by almost 2% in week 32 to NOK 73.83 per kilo (£6.38). Market intelligence suggests this downward trend is continuing despite sales…

Will Norway’s astonishing salmon export boom come to an end – or at least a temporary end – over the next couple of months? This is the question being asked after fresh salmon prices fell by more than 8% in the past week, according to the latest figures from Statistics Norway. They are now at…

Fresh salmon has suffered its biggest price fall of the year in the past few days, according to the latest data from Statistics Norway. Prices were down by NOK 7.78 or 8.8% to NOK 80.74 (£6.83) per kilo in week 29. A sharp drop had been widely predicted and further corrections could be on the…

Salmon prices are starting to come down from their dizzyingly high levels of a few weeks ago. According to the latest figures from Statistics Norway, which keeps a weekly record of price movements, fresh salmon fell by NOK 2.84 a kilo or 3% in week 27 to NOK 90.29 (£7.54). The Statistics Norway figure is…

Salmon prices continue to remain stubbornly high, the latest data from Statistics Norway shows. While they have not moved very far in either direction, fresh salmon is still hovering at around the NOK 100 a kilo (£8.30) mark. Reports suggest it is a similar picture with Scottish fish. Statistics Norway, whose figures tend to be…

Sales of Norwegian salmon in the UK are on the increase due to lower Scottish output, the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council show. With salmon exports the largest yet for the month of May, the Seafood Council said: “The United Kingdom was the market with the largest increase in export volume in May…