Overall, the United States imported 20.7 million kilos of salmon in January valued at $139 million (€106 million).

The United States imported about the same amount of Atlantic fillet fresh farmed salmon as last year – 6.9 million kilos – but the value increased 19.4 percent, to $55.3 million (€42.1 million) from $46.2 million (€35.2 million) in 2006. The majority of imports came from Chile, 6.1 million kilos.

Atlantic whole fresh farmed salmon decreased in value 3 percent, or $34.5 million (€26.3