COVID-19 Restrictions Take Their Toll on Norwegian Seafood as Export Value Drops
COVID-19 restrictions and shutdowns across Europe are beginning to impact Norwegian seafood exports.
For the month of November, the value of Norway’s seafood exports was NOK 9.4 billion (USD $1.1 billion), this is 11 percent below the mark hit in November 2019. For the year, export value is NOK 96.6 billion, down 1 percent compared to this time last year.
“Norwegian seafood exports are now seeing the impact of a hotel and restaurant sector that has more or less shut down across Europe,” said director of market insight and market access in the Norwegian Seafood Council, Tom-Jørgen Gangsø...
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