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Apr 04, 2011 (newstodate): The export by air of fresh salmon from Norway to the huge Chinese market is currently on ice.
Since the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident, China has imposed strict import procedures on the Norwegian salmon, holding back shipments at the entrance points for two or more weeks, which is obviously not exactly beneficial for a perishable transport..
Thus, Norwegian salmon to China can only enter the region through Hong Kong or Taipei, bringing down the traffic to a critical low.
Before the political issue arose, the Norwegian salmon No 10,000,000 into the Chinese market was to have been picked up by the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and delivered at Norway's pavilion at Shanghai's World Expo on October 13, 2010 - which proved to be a rather unlucky day.
Norway's exports of fresh salmon to China started in 1985, and in 1998 the Norwegian Seafood Export Council opened an office in Beijing to promote the commodity.
It proved a success until the Nobel Prize award, at least: during the first eight months 2010, the exports volumes of fresh Norwegian salmon by air to Chinese consumers had reached 19,300 tonnes.
Since the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident, China has imposed strict import procedures on the Norwegian salmon, holding back shipments at the entrance points for two or more weeks, which is obviously not exactly beneficial for a perishable transport..
Thus, Norwegian salmon to China can only enter the region through Hong Kong or Taipei, bringing down the traffic to a critical low.
Before the political issue arose, the Norwegian salmon No 10,000,000 into the Chinese market was to have been picked up by the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and delivered at Norway's pavilion at Shanghai's World Expo on October 13, 2010 - which proved to be a rather unlucky day.
Norway's exports of fresh salmon to China started in 1985, and in 1998 the Norwegian Seafood Export Council opened an office in Beijing to promote the commodity.
It proved a success until the Nobel Prize award, at least: during the first eight months 2010, the exports volumes of fresh Norwegian salmon by air to Chinese consumers had reached 19,300 tonnes.