Salmon prices in year end surge

The export prices of fresh salmon shot up by more than 15% in the final week of 2022, according to figures from Statistics Norway. The size of the increase has come as a surprise given that the Christmas seafood buying rush ended several days earlier. The week 52 export price was NOK 86.33 per kilo…

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Salmon prices down despite strong demand

Fresh and chilled salmon prices fell by almost 5% over the past seven days despite strong demand, according to Statistics Norway. The average price in week 49 came out at NOK 77.77 per kilo (£6.43), a decline of 4.8% on the previous week. The price is roughly NOK 12 per kilo higher than this time…

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Salmon prices up as Christmas approaches

Norwegian salmon prices are starting to rise again with Christmas just over four weeks away. According to figures from Statistics Norway fresh salmon was up by 3.1% last week to NOK 70.55 per kilo – and that figure is expected to increase further as the festive season draws near. It is several weeks since fresh…

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Fresh salmon prices up by almost 6%

There was some welcome cheer for Norway’s under-pressure fish farmers this week as fresh salmon prices started to move sharply upwards again. According to Statistics Norway, they increased in Week 40 (3-9 October) by 5.6% to NOK 69.38 per kilo (£5.83), the highest rate of growth for almost two months. Producers under pressure from rising…

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Salmon prices hit new low for 2022

Fresh salmon prices have fallen to their lowest level of the year so far, according to Statistics Norway. The decline has been gradual but steady since midsummer. Last week (week 36)  they were marginally down on the previous week at NOK 61.80 per kilo (£5.32). This compares with NOK 72.05 a kilo (£6.20) around the…

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Norwegian salmon exports break another record

Despite a fall in prices, August saw another record set for Norwegian salmon exports. The country’s salmon farmers sold 127,000 tonnes of the pink fish worth NOK 9.2 billion (£800m) Volumes were 7% higher, and the value increased by 34% or NOK 2.3 bn  (£200m) compared to August last year. The total was a record…

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Salmon prices continue to fall

Fresh salmon prices are falling back to levels close to those last seen at the start of the year. Figures from Statistics Norway, which monitors trends on a regular basis, show they dropped by almost 2% in week 32 to NOK 73.83 per kilo (£6.38). Market intelligence suggests this downward trend is continuing despite sales…

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Salmon prices drop more than 8%

Will Norway’s astonishing salmon export boom come to an end – or at least a temporary end – over the next couple of months? This is the question being asked after fresh salmon prices fell by more than 8% in the past week, according to the latest figures from Statistics Norway. They are now at…

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Fresh salmon prices suffer big hit

Fresh salmon has suffered its biggest price fall of the year in the past few days, according to the latest data from Statistics Norway. Prices were down by NOK 7.78 or 8.8% to NOK 80.74 (£6.83) per kilo in week 29. A sharp drop had been widely predicted and further corrections could be on the…

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Salmon prices starting to tumble

Salmon prices are starting to come down from their dizzyingly high levels of a few weeks ago. According to the latest figures from Statistics Norway, which keeps a weekly record of price movements, fresh salmon fell by NOK 2.84 a kilo or 3% in week 27 to NOK 90.29 (£7.54). The Statistics Norway figure is…

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