Foreign trade in fish, 3/2023 (preliminary)

Fish and fish products were imported to Finland in March 2023 worth about 44 million euros, amounting to approximately six million kilos. There were two million kilos of imported fresh whole salmon, of which 55 percent went on to Europe in transit, about 1.1 million kilos remained in the country.

Fish and fish products were exported for 18.8 million euros; amounting to 8.5 million kilos. Salmon passing through the country accounted for approximately 1.1 million kilos of exports.

• The value of imports increased by four percent but the volume of imports decreased by 14 percent compared to March of the previous year. 94 percent of the imported fish was food fish.
• The value of exports increased by 26 percent compared to the previous March. The volume of exports increased by 20 percent. 88 percent of the exported fish was food fish.