Nevertheless, the total value of exports of seafood from Norway totaled NOK 4.8 billion, up NOK 157 million, or 3 per cent, compared to last August.
“The effect of the import ban for food products from Norway introduced by Russia, our biggest seafood market, on 7 August has been especially apparent in exports of trout and herring”, Christian Chramer, Communications Manager at the Norwegian Seafood Council says in a press release.
The value of Russian import of salmon from Norway was down 82 percent in August 2014 compared to August 2013. Trout was down 84 percent and herring 77 percent.
Herring exports from Norway to fell in value in August by NOK 5 million, or 3 percent, to a total value of NOK 147 million.
The value of exports of Norwegian fjord trout in August was NOK 150 million, down NOK 60 million, or 28 per cent, compared to last August. The largest markets for Norwegian trout in August were Belarus and Poland.
Russia’s import ban has not had the same effect on a global product like salmon. The volume of exports of Norwegian salmon was up 11 percent in August. The value of exports of Norwegian salmon in August totalled NOK 3.3 billion, an increase of NOK 101 million, or 3 per cent, compared to last August. The biggest markets for Norwegian salmon were Poland and France.
