Export price of Norwegian salmon rise to NOK 56.07 last week -statistics agency
Innkommet 01.08.2018 08:06

OSLO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The export price of fresh farmed
Norwegian salmon rose to 56.07 crowns ($6.87) per kilo last
week, up 1.7 percent against the previous week, Statistics
Norway said on Wednesday.
Volumes exported increased 0.5 percent to 17,367 tonnes over
the same period, it added.
Norway is the world's largest producer of farmed salmon. The
sector is the Nordic country's second-largest export industry
after oil and gas production.
Leading Norwegian producers include Marine Harvest ,
Salmar , Leroy Seafood , Grieg Seafood
, Austevoll Seafood and Norway Royal Salmon
.
($1 = 8.1631 Norwegian crowns)