We quickly logged into NordicFishView and took 7 general screenshots of this trend.
- Since 2015, salmon exports have risen from 2.000 to over 45.000 tonnes
- Over the past year, the biggest Icelandic aquaculture export markets were the US, the Netherlands, France, China, and Denmark
- Icelandic salmon faces a global average tariff of 7.05% compared to 6.3%, 9.6%, and 7.09% for Chile, the Faroes, and Norway respectively. (tariff data calculated from around 80 countries for the categories: whole fresh, whole frozen, fillet fresh, fillet frozen, other frozen, smoked, and prepared)
- In value, salmon (83%) and trout (13%) were the biggest aquaculture species in Iceland in the past year
- Prices declined in 2025, and the annual salmon price in the US for Icelandic whole fresh was around 7€ compared to 7.5€ for Norway and the Faroes.
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sources: statistics iceland, statistics norway, and statistics faroe islands. tariff data from customs authorities and FTA’s for the respective countries.
