Exports of seafood totalled NOK 8.4 billion during the first three months of this year. The main reason for this is the increase in exports from the traditional fishing industry.
Japan increases most.
During the first quarter of 2001, Japan strengthened its position as our most important individual market with a growth of 36 percent, or NOK 250 million. Total exports totalled more than NOK one billion. The increase is primarily due to increased exports of trout, with an increase of 111 percent to NOK 327 million, and frozen mackerel, with an increase of 82 percent to NOK 173 million. Other products that are increasing are frozen capelin and frozen salmon fillets. The export value of fresh salmon to Japan was reduced by nine percent to NOK 202 million.