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Norway Salmon, Crab Exports to US Boomed Ahead of New Tariffs

Norway Salmon, Crab Exports to US Boomed Ahead of New Tariffs

Bloomberg03-04-2025

Norway's seafood exports to the US surged 56% in the first quarter in advance of President Donald Trump imposing the steepest American tariffs in a century.
Sales to the US made up about 11% of the 44 billion kroner ($4.2 billion) of seafood exported out of Norway in the first three months of the year — a record for that period, the Norwegian Seafood Council said in a statement on Thursday.

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