October is a new strong month for Norwegian seafood exports

Norway exported seafood worth NOK 11.2 billion in October, an increase of NOK 636 million, or 6 per cent, compared with October last year. So far this year, the export value is NOK 8.5 billion ahead of last year."Even though the corona pandemic is not over, the export value of Norwegian seafood continues to increase. From a historical perspective, it is only in the record month of September this year that the export value has been higher than in October", says CEO Renate Larsen with the Norwegian Seafood Council.Robust tradingThe solid increase in value in October can be explained, among other things, by the steadily growing number of export markets. While in October 2011 Norwegian seafood was exported to 97 markets, the corresponding figure for October this year has increased to 115."This trend shows how robust Norwegian seafood is as a global commodity. This is despite the krone exchange rate strengthening by around 10 per cent against the euro and the dollar. That export value ...