Why we need exports

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By Nick Joy Travelling to Europe is a wonderful thing for widening the mind but also reminding me how much we continue to depend on the good taste of our customers. In Italy, where I am just now, it is the norm to spend 10% to 14% of income on food and this does not…

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Farmed trout, cod exports growing

trouts in the air with splashes of water, thrown trouts back into the trout farm fishpond from the fisherman's net

Farmed trout is gaining in popularity around the world, according to the latest information from the Norwegian Seafood Council. Figures show a large growth in Norwegian trout exports so far this year. Volume growth increased by 62% to 4,676 tonnes during February, a growth rate of 62%. The value, at NOK 454m (£33m), represents a…

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Conflicts impact on Vietnam 2023 seafood exports

Vietnam’s seafood exports in 2023 – mostly aquaculture related – have hit US $9.2bn (£7.2bn), just short of the $10bn (£7.8bn) goal that had been set at the start of the year. The Vietnamese Fisheries Directorate said the main export species were shrimp at US $3.45bn (£2.7bn) and pangasius at $1.9bn (£1.5bn), both heavily farmed.…

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Salmon rules as Norwegian seafood exports hit new annual record

Norway’s seafood exports last year hit a record NOK 172bn (£13bn) with aquaculture, and salmon in particular, still the main driver of that achievement. Figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council today show that the export value increased by NOK 20.7 billion (almost £1.6bn) or 14% on 2022. Seafood remains one of Norway’s most sought-after global…

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Scottish salmon exports leap 7% year-on-year

The value of Scottish salmon exports has jumped by 7% in a year as international demand continues to grow, according to the latest data from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). An analysis of the HMRC data by trade body Salmon Scotland shows that, for the first three quarters of 2023 to September, there was a…

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Norwegian salmon exports break NOK 100bn barrier

The value of Norwegian salmon exports has now passed the NOK 100 billion (£7.4 bn) mark in 2023, which was the figure for all the country’s overseas seafood sales only four years ago. Commenting on the October results, Christian Chramer, CEO of the country’s Seafood Council said that once again high salmon prices and a…

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Norway’s seafood exports take a hit

Norway has reported a significant drop in the value of its seafood exports, including salmon, for last month. The country’s fish farmers and fishermen netted a total of NOK 9.4 billion (£798.5 million), a decline in value of 11 per cent or NOK 1.2 billion (£102 million) compared with November last year. Tom-Jørgen Gangsø, director…

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Chinese demand boosts Norway\’s salmon exports

RISING demand from Europe and China have helped push Norwegian salmon exports to new heights, figures from the country’s Seafood Council show today. Norway exported 506,000 tonnes of salmon worth NOK 34.6 billion during the first half of 2019, an increase on 2018 of five per cent in volume and six per cent, or NOK…

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Chinese demand boosts Norway\’s salmon exports

RISING demand from Europe and China have helped push Norwegian salmon exports to new heights, figures from the country’s Seafood Council show today. Norway exported 506,000 tonnes of salmon worth NOK 34.6 billion during the first half of 2019, an increase on 2018 of five per cent in volume and six per cent, or NOK…

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