Foreign trade in fish, 12/2022 (preliminary)

Fish and fish products were imported to Finland in December 2022 worth just under 52 million euros, amounting to approximately 7.5 million kilos. There were 4.3 million kilos of imported fresh whole salmon, the majority of which went on to Europe in transit, about 2 million kilos remained in the country.

Fish and fish products were exported for just under 22 million euros; amounting to 5.7 million kilos. Salmon passing through the country accounted for approximately 2.3 million kilos of exports.

• The value of imports decreased by two percent and the volume of imports decreased by 20 percent compared to December of the previous year. 97 percent of the imported fish was food fish.
• The value of exports decreased by 11 percent compared to the previous December. The volume of exports decreased by 43 percent. 92 percent of the exported fish was food fish.