There is a lot of uncertainty in the European smoked salmon market at the moment, with rocketing raw material prices hitting smokers and leaving many concerned about what 2017 will bring.

As smokers embark on their busiest period in the run-up to Christmas, they are still being battered by soaring raw material prices, despite retailers taking on some of the costs this year.

"There is lot of uncertainty in the market because of the high raw material prices, and nobody really knows what is going to happen,” Kurt Bouchier, commercial director at Sodial, told IntraFish.

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