Foreign trade in fish, 2/2023 (preliminary)

Fish and fish products were imported to Finland in February 2023 worth about 37 million euros, amounting to approximately five million kilos. There were 2.1 million kilos of imported fresh whole salmon, of which 70 percent went on to Europe in transit, about 0.6 million kilos remained in the country.

Fish and fish products were exported for 19.5 million euros; amounting to 7.1 million kilos. Salmon passing through the country accounted for approximately 1.5 million kilos of exports.

• The value of imports decreased by 26 percent and the volume of imports decreased by 37 percent compared to February of the previous year. 99 percent of the imported fish was food fish.
• The value of exports decreased by 34 percent compared to the previous February. The volume of exports decreased by 39 percent. 87 percent of the exported fish was food fish.