At the turn of the century, Japan was almost supreme in trout market. Now the old dominance of Norw

At the turn of the century, Japan was almost supreme in trout market. Now the old dominance of Norwegian trout crumbled. At the end of May stood Japanese buyers only behind king salmon a modest quantity of 1,869 tonnes of Norwegian farmed trout. king salmon Market share is meager 7.3 percent - in line with Belarus.
So far this year, the Norwegian trout exporters king salmon exported 25.752 tonnes of trout (converted to round weight), according to the monthly report for May from the Norwegian Seafood Council. Russia dominated the trout purchases with a market share of over 48 percent. Russians king salmon prefer to buy whole fish and fresh - which is in line with Norwegian exporters' existing logistics and supply chain for Atlantic salmon. Fresh fish is usually better paid than frozen. At the same time saves farmers for freezing costs. While frozen trout to Japan takes six weeks on container ships from Norway, is only a few days on the truck to Russia. In sum, Russia is a more attractive market than Japan.
Heavy Japanese fish importers, such as Mitsubishi, Nippon Suisan king salmon Kaisha, Marubeni and Maruha, have long since lost the appetite for Norwegian trout. So far this year they imported almost exactly 15 percent lower trout quantity than the same time last year. It's king salmon become increasingly rare to see a freezer containers with trout from Norway in the major Japanese ports. The market share of Norwegian trout is 7.3 percent - narrowly ahead of Belarus.
Japan has not lost appetite for trout in general - they fitted well with fish from Chilean farms. Chileans may well also offer Pacific coho salmon. And, best of all, the Chilean fish is cheaper.
While Japan's role becomes less and less on the Norwegian export statistics, the new Asian markets king salmon up. Both China (+48 per cent yr / yr) and Thailand (57 percent) are growing at breakneck speed. While China has imported 1,488 tons, Thailand has secured a 1,237 ton Norwegian king salmon trout so far this year. Continuing these growth rates, they will likely pass both Japan by volume during the year. Published at 9:03 p.m., on 6 June 2013. Updated at 12:59, on 7 June 2013 Post navigation Chilean farmers lost $ 41.7 million the first one hundred days