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Aug 21, 2014 (newstodate): The Russian import ban on a range of perishables including Norwegian salmon is a huge challenge for exporters market-wise. But it will have limited impact on salmon logistics..
-Norway's exports to Russia of salmon, including fresh fish were trucked, not flown, so this will have little impact on the airfreight logistics, says Knut J Dreyer, DB Schenker Norway product manager.
-These volumes will now be directed to other markets, first of all to existing markets like USA and Japan in larger quantities where air transport options are already available, either directly out of Oslo or via other gateways, primarily London.
-In addition, the exporters will strengthen their efforts to open up or boost new markets, but in most cases air cargo capacity is in the market already. So if any changes in the logistics at all, it may be a growth in flown cargo rather than other modes of transportation.
-Russian consumers will probably have to buy more frozen salmon, primarily from Chilean producers that rely on maritime transportation, and the consumer price of the frozen salmon is already higher than that of the fresh product.
-The current turbulent situation may however benefit other producers including for instance farms on the Faroe Islands that are exempt from the Russian embargo.
-The demand for fresh salmon remains high in the global market place anyway, and we have seen a sustained growth in Norway's exports also during the first half of this year. This is hardly to be affected by the Russian import bans, says Mr Dreyer.
-Norway's exports to Russia of salmon, including fresh fish were trucked, not flown, so this will have little impact on the airfreight logistics, says Knut J Dreyer, DB Schenker Norway product manager.
-These volumes will now be directed to other markets, first of all to existing markets like USA and Japan in larger quantities where air transport options are already available, either directly out of Oslo or via other gateways, primarily London.
-In addition, the exporters will strengthen their efforts to open up or boost new markets, but in most cases air cargo capacity is in the market already. So if any changes in the logistics at all, it may be a growth in flown cargo rather than other modes of transportation.
-Russian consumers will probably have to buy more frozen salmon, primarily from Chilean producers that rely on maritime transportation, and the consumer price of the frozen salmon is already higher than that of the fresh product.
-The current turbulent situation may however benefit other producers including for instance farms on the Faroe Islands that are exempt from the Russian embargo.
-The demand for fresh salmon remains high in the global market place anyway, and we have seen a sustained growth in Norway's exports also during the first half of this year. This is hardly to be affected by the Russian import bans, says Mr Dreyer.