In 2010, Norway’s seafood exports were valued at NOK 53.8 billion. This makes seafood Norway’s third biggest export item after petroleum and metals.
Only China exports more seafood than Norway.
Norway’s fisheries and aquaculture industry has a significant ripple effect, accounting for almost as much value creation in other industries as in its own. Figures from research organisation SINTEF’s analysis from 2008 show that every krone produced by the seafood industry generates 95 øre in value in other industries. In 2008 there were 24,000 man-labour years in the fisheries and aquaculture industry, which generated 20,000 man-labour years in other industries.
In 2010, Norwegian seafood was exported to over 140 countries worldwide.
Ten biggest markets for Norwegian salmon in 2010 were: France, Russia , Poland , Denmark , U S A , Sweden and Germany.