“The Danish customers of the Norwegian salmon producers despair over the high prices,” Danish Seafood Association Chairman Peter Bamberger told IntraFish.
The reason for this is that many value-added processors in Denmark have contracts with major companies further south in Europe on supplying salmon for campaigns. A number of companies have not allowed for the price of salmon having so soon risen by NOK 5 (€0.62/$0.85) per kilo. A purchase of 100 metric tons salmon a week quickly results in a loss of NOK 500,000 (€62,582/$85,447) in the current situation.
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