The figures represent an increase of NOK 201 million compared with January 2007.

”The strong increase in the volumes of herring and saithe, and also of trout and fish meal and fish oil products, in relation to January last year, was the main background to this record,” explains Egil Sundheim, director for Market Information and Market Access at the Norwegian Seafood Export Council.

In January, herring exports were worth NOK 492 million, which is an increase of NOK 151 million, or 44 %, compared with January last year. Mackerel exports were worth NOK 85 million, a decrease of NOK 27 million.

Salmon exports reached NOK 1.3 billion, which is the same as January last year. There was growth of 3% in the close and important EU markets, up to NOK 933 million and of 19% to South-east Asia, up to NOK 65 million. Trout exports attained NOK 108 million, an increase of NOK 21 million, compared with January last year. The Ukrainian, Russian and Thai markets are responsible for most of this increase.

White fish exports, including conventional products such as clipfish, salted cod and dried cod increased by 8% in January to NOK 957 million, compared with January last year. This is mainly caused by the increase in clipfish from saithe, frozen cod, haddock and saithe, and frozen cod and saithe fillets. In January, clipfish exports were valued at NOK 363 million, representing an increase of NOK 49 million, or 16 percent, on January last year. Norwegian clipfish exports have never been larger in the month of January.

France was once again reported as Norway's most important export market in January, being worth NOK 306 million. This is an increase of NOK 20 million, compared with January last year, and is mainly due to increased sales of salmon. Exports to Russia amounted to NOK 289 million, which is a decrease of NOK 38 million, while Denmark bought seafood for NOK 257 million, which is down NOK 19 million. The markets that increased most were Poland, Brazil and Nigeria. Poland imports large quantities of fresh salmon and salmon fillets, Brazil imports saithe clipfish, while the Nigerian imports are dominated by frozen herring.

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