Export price of Norwegian salmon rise to NOK 56.07 last week -statistics agency

Austevoll Seafood ASA

01/08/2018 07:06

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  MHG.OL ,
Salmar  SALM.OL , Leroy Seafood  LSG.OL , Grieg Seafood
 GSFO.OL , Austevoll Seafood  AUSS.OL  and Norway Royal Salmon
 NRSM.OL .
 ($1 = 8.1631 Norwegian crowns)

 (Reporting by Oslo newsroom)
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