ANALYSIS: US Salmon Imports at Record Level Through June; Market at Multi-Year Low
Through the first half of 2015 fresh farmed Atlantic salmon imports--including fillets and whole fish--reached a year-to-date high by a large margin, driven by heavy imports in June.
To show this we bundled all fresh fillets and whole fish. Whole salmon imports have been adjusted to fillet volume using a 67% yield in order to compare these volumes properly.
The takeaway is when volumes and prices are adjusted for seasonal behavior and inflation (that is bringing prices to 2015 dollars) the highest volumes ever seen were recorded in June 2015 and by a wide margin...
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