For the first time since April 1989, the U.S. ranks as the largest market for Norwegian seafood exports, with Norway exporting more than $112 million worth of seafood to the U.S. in January 2023, an increase of 41% since January 2022.
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Norway totaled more than $1.2 billion worth of seafood exports in January 2023 — a record for the month and 23% increase compared with January 2022, according to Norway's Seafood Council. Norway’s seafood exports went to 116 countries, with the largest markets for Norwegian seafood exports in January being the U.S., Denmark and Poland “Price growth is the most important reason why January was another record month for seafood exports,” said Christian Chramer, CEO of Norway's Seafood Council. “The export prices for salmon, cod, trout, pollock and herring were significantly higher than in January 2022. Despite troubled times and changing product flows, seafood exports have reached new heights.” Despite lower export volumes of salmon, cod, trout and haddock, increased export volumes of pollock and herring contributed to the increase in export value. “A weaker Norwegian krone has also contributed to the record,” Chramer said. The U.S. was the country with the largest growth in Norway’s ...
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