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SEP 04, 2003 (newstodate): After a disappointing H1, Norway's fish exporting industry is seeing signs of recovery.
-During the first six months of this year, export volumes of fresh salmon to the Far Eastern markets were down by 30 percent, but preliminary figures from July and August seem to warrant a recovery, says Morten Svendsen, DHL-owned Quality Cargo general manager.
Svendsen says the sound combination of decreasing Norwegian interest rates and the weakening of the Norwegian Krone has boosted Norway's competitive power against fish producers in Canada, Scotland, Chile and other countries in the market for fresh fish exports.
-The situation is further improved by better availability of cargo uplift capacity at lower airfreight rates, and we are thus quite optimistic about the market for the rest of year with the autumn and Christmas peaks now approaching, Svendsen says.
-During the first six months of this year, export volumes of fresh salmon to the Far Eastern markets were down by 30 percent, but preliminary figures from July and August seem to warrant a recovery, says Morten Svendsen, DHL-owned Quality Cargo general manager.
Svendsen says the sound combination of decreasing Norwegian interest rates and the weakening of the Norwegian Krone has boosted Norway's competitive power against fish producers in Canada, Scotland, Chile and other countries in the market for fresh fish exports.
-The situation is further improved by better availability of cargo uplift capacity at lower airfreight rates, and we are thus quite optimistic about the market for the rest of year with the autumn and Christmas peaks now approaching, Svendsen says.