YTD Update Norwegian Farmed Salmon Exports, as of week 16 2013

The Norwegian Farmed Exports Report writes on a weekly basis on movements in the tonnes exported, the average price and the value of total exports of Norwegian farmed salmon based on data from Statistics Norway in the Weekly Seafood Update (see here for the most recent report). Below is an update for the same statistics, but on a Year-to-Date (YTD) basis, as of week 16 for the years 2006 to 2013.

The Norwegian farmed salmon producers has so far this year exported 229,036 tonnes of fresh and frozen salmon, down 5.2% on last year and the second highest volume ever recorded as of YTD week 16.

The weighted average price of NOK 37.16 per kilo so far this year is the second highest ever reported and was 34.0% higher than last year.

The value of YTD total exports is about NOK 8.495 billion, the highest ever reported as of week 16 in any year, representing a 26.6% increase on last year.