The United States imported 40 million kilos of salmon worth $271 million (€200 million) in February, compared to 38 million kilos valued at $226.8 million (€167.5 million) in February 2006.
The majority of the salmon came from Chile, with U.S. firms spending $101 million (€74.6 million) on 12.6 million kilos of fresh Atlantic farmed salmon fillets. That’s an increase of 30 percent in value, up from $77.5 million (€57.2 million) during February 2006, for a total of 11.5 million kilos.
U.S. importers bought $32 million (€23.6
