Posts Tagged ‘salmon exports’
US threat to Scottish salmon exports
US diplomatic sources have issued a thinly veiled threat of a ban on Scottish salmon if Britain insists of blocking the import of American chlorinated chicken and hormone treated beef. Scottish salmon is eagerly sought after by US consumers and exports are thought to be worth around £200-million a year – a tenth of total…
Read MoreSalmon exports show September pick up
After two months of decline, Norwegian salmon exports picked up in September, latest figures from Norway’s Seafood Council show. They show that 118,800 tonnes of salmon were sold to overseas markets last month, a volume rise of three per cent. The total value was 6.1 billion kroner (£510 million), up two per cent of NOK…
Read More69% drop in China exports
China delivered the biggest export hit to Norwegian salmon farmers during August, according to the country’s seafood council. A year ago it was the largest growth market by far, but because of Covid-19 and the various scares around the pandemic, sales have slumped. Salmon exports alone to China fell by 69 per cent when compared…
Read MoreSalmon figures up despite market turbulence
Norway\’s seafood exports, including salmon, held up surprisingly well last month, given the turbulent state of global markets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council today show. They totalled 7.9 billion kroner (£664 million) in July, the same level as July last year. The country’s fish farmers exported…
Read MoreNorwegian exports defy coronavirus onslaught
REMARKABLY, Norway saw its salmon exports increase last month despite the ravages to trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Its fish farmers exported 85,800 tonnes of salmon worth NOK 6.1 billion (£473 million) in March. This is an increase in volume of four per cent, while the value increased by NOK 103 million, or two per cent, on March last year. And…
Read MoreNorway salmon exports to UK up 27%
NORWEGIAN exports of fresh salmon to the UK increased by 27 per cent last week, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council. And with Easter sales picking up, exports to other European countries including Sweden and Finland ‘exceeded expectations’. Norway is proving itself highly adaptable in the ongoing situation, although the closure of the restaurant segment…
Read MoreSalmon companies in flight plea to Russia
A NUMBER of Norwegian fish farming companies have called on their government to press Moscow to lift its ban on salmon flights over Russia during the Covid-19 crisis. The call has come from Sjømatbedriftene, the Federation of Seafood Businesses, which says the move would go some way to relieving a beleaguered salmon export sector. Several Norwegian media…
Read More‘We’ll keep the salmon flowing’ promises farmer
NORWEGIAN salmon farmer Kvarøy Arctic is managing to send ‘a lot of fresh products’ to its American customers, said CEO Alf-Goran Knutsen. The small, family owned company has isolated each of its five sites so they work separately from each other, but people are ‘adapting to the new reality’, said Knutsen in a live broadcast…
Read MoreSalmon transported in empty passenger planes
WITH air travel bans in place, salmon farming companies in Norway are finding alternative ways of getting their product to market. And one option has been to use passenger aircraft devoid of passengers, but which are equipped with cargo carrying holds and pallets, even if it means charging extra for salmon to cover the extra costs.…
Read MoreBrexit deal may place ‘huge burden’ on salmon sector
BORIS Johnson’s non-alignment Brexit deal is likely to place huge unnecessary burdens on the salmon sector, the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has claimed. Under government plans to pursue a loose arrangement with the EU, it is feared salmon exports will need Export Health Certificates (EHCs) after the end of this year, when the transition…
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