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Mar 31, 2011 (newstodate): Norway's export of fresh salmon to Japan is gradually returning after dropping sharply after the disaster hit the country.
-Market demands vanished in Tokyo for obvious reasons immediately after the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear plant accidents, as logistic chains also broke down, says an industry source.
-Now we are seeing a gradual return of demand for fresh salmon as the Japanese market is understandably reluctant to its own seafood production and still requires fish for consumption.
-Normally, the fresh salmon is delivered primarily for consumption at restaurants but it is now increasingly being imported for private consumption, and the volumes from Norway are thus slowly growing again while still not back to pre-disaster levels, the source says.
Japan has consistently been the single largest market for Norway's world-leading export of fresh seafood, but from 2008 the position has been taken over by the Chinese market.
Norway exports some 70-75,000 tonnes of fresh seafood by air, making the salmon Europe's largest airfreight commodity.
-Market demands vanished in Tokyo for obvious reasons immediately after the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear plant accidents, as logistic chains also broke down, says an industry source.
-Now we are seeing a gradual return of demand for fresh salmon as the Japanese market is understandably reluctant to its own seafood production and still requires fish for consumption.
-Normally, the fresh salmon is delivered primarily for consumption at restaurants but it is now increasingly being imported for private consumption, and the volumes from Norway are thus slowly growing again while still not back to pre-disaster levels, the source says.
Japan has consistently been the single largest market for Norway's world-leading export of fresh seafood, but from 2008 the position has been taken over by the Chinese market.
Norway exports some 70-75,000 tonnes of fresh seafood by air, making the salmon Europe's largest airfreight commodity.