Supplies of popular fish among Russians have collapsed

At the same time, from 2022, supplies of chilled products, including headless salmon carcasses and fillets, have completely stopped. For comparison, in 2021, the import of fish carcasses totaled over 15 thousand tons, and fillets - 2.5 thousand tons. Before the introduction of sanctions, the main suppliers of these types of products were exporters from the Faroe Islands and Norway, the organization specified. Against this background, the share of imported salmon on the Russian market decreased to 35 percent at the end of 2023, although back in 2018 it was at a level of almost 90 percent. Currently, all foreign products enter the country from Chile, concluded the representative of the Fisheries Union. Experts interviewed by the newspaper linked the reduction in the import of imported salmon to a number of factors, including sanctions, import substitution and too high prices. Despite the sharp decline in supplies of Atlantic salmon, Russia is increasing the ...