Statistics Norway (SSB) published weekly salmon export figures on 7 October for the period 28 September to 4 October 2026. The average export price for fresh or chilled farmed salmon was NOK 73.80 per kilogram. SSB reported an increase of 0.3% from the previous week and a decline of 5.0% from the corresponding week in 2025. This is an average weekly price for exports crossing the border; it is not a retail price, a producer’s profit or a contract price.

Exports of fresh or chilled salmon totalled 30,277 tonnes in the same week. That was 6.5% below week 39 but 26.1% above week 40 of 2025. The slight weekly increase in price alongside a decline in volume shows that price and export quantity did not move in the same direction in this one-week comparison. SSB tracks frozen salmon separately in the table. Treating the two categories as one undifferentiated total would blur the product definitions.

The average export price for frozen salmon was NOK 75.31 per kilogram, up 0.8% from the previous week and 8.0% from the same week a year earlier. Frozen salmon volume was 936 tonnes, up 43.1% week on week and 33.5% year on year. Prices and volumes in the fresh and frozen categories moved differently. These separate figures are not enough by themselves to calculate total trade value or supply across all salmon products.

SSB defines the reported “price” as the average export price per kilogram for the week and reports “quantity” as net tonnes. The release uses selected commodity codes in the external trade statistics. These measures do not cover the price of every individual negotiated sale and are not equivalent to the volume produced at fish farms. Export quantity is the statistical weight of goods crossing the customs border. The figures are presented as Norway-wide totals, not as the performance of one region or company.

Weekly percentage changes compare short periods and do not on their own establish seasonal patterns, annual supply, biological conditions or demand causes. The annual comparison uses the matching calendar week in 2025. A 26.1% increase in volume therefore does not mean exports for the full year grew at that rate. Product mix, days in the week and market conditions may differ from one period to another. SSB publishes the series to monitor export prices and quantities.

This report preserves the price, currency and weight units used by the source; it makes no currency conversion and does not present the figure as a live market quote. SSB normally releases the weekly statistics on Wednesdays and listed 14 October 2026 as the next update. That release will cover a new reference week. The figures here are observations for week 40 only and contain no forecast of later prices or export performance.