Export price of Norwegian salmon fell to NOK 53.62 last week -SSB

Austevoll Seafood ASA

22/08/2018 07:03

OSLO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The export price of fresh farmed
Norwegian salmon fell to 53.62 Norwegian crowns ($6.34) per kilo
last week, down 6.5 percent against the previous week,
Statistics Norway said on Wednesday.
    Volumes exported rose 0.1 percent to 19,004 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 = 8.4525 Norwegian crowns)

 (Reporting by Oslo newsroom)
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