Foreign trade in fish, 1/2021 (preliminary)

The volume of imports of fish and fish products decreased by 1.8 million kilograms from a year ago, while the value of imports decreased by EUR 19.1 million. The import volume of fish and fish products was 5.2 million kilos and the value of imports was 23.8 million euros.
The amount of products imported for human consumption was 5 million kilos and the value was 23.6 million euros. 0.3 million kilograms were imported for non-human consumption.
3 million kilos of fresh whole salmon were imported from Norway in January. It was almost exactly the same amount as in January of the previous year. As such, less than 1.4 million kilos of imported salmon were exported to Europe as such.
In January 2021, approximately 8.3 million kilos of fish and fish products were exported from Finland, which was worth EUR 11.1 million. The number of kilograms of fish exported increased by about 0.3 million kilograms compared to January of the previous year, while the value of exports decreased by almost EUR 7 million.
The amount of products exported for human consumption was 7.1 million kilos, worth EUR 10.1 million. The volume of exports increased by 0.4 million kilograms from the corresponding period of the previous year, while the value of exports decreased by EUR 7.1 million. 1.2 million kilograms were exported for non-human consumption.