Export price of Norwegian salmon down to NOK 57.33 last week -statistics agency

Austevoll Seafood ASA

15/08/2018 07:02

OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The export price of fresh farmed
Norwegian salmon fell to 57.33 Norwegian crowns ($6.80) per kilo
last week, down 0.2 percent against the previous week,
Statistics Norway said on Wednesday.
    Volumes exported rose 8.7 percent to 18,978 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  MHG.OL ,
Salmar  SALM.OL , Leroy Seafood  LSG.OL , Grieg Seafood
 GSFO.OL , Austevoll Seafood  AUSS.OL  and Norway Royal Salmon
 NRSM.OL .


($1 = 8.4303 Norwegian crowns)

 (Reporting by Oslo newsroom)
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