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Norway's salmon exports to China reached 4,291 tons in August, an increase of 21 percent compared to August last year. There has been a sharp decline in salmon prices, along with the weakening of the Scandinavian kingdom's currency, the krone.

‌The rebound comes after exports dipped in the first half of 2024 with salmon shipments decreasing by 14 percent in volume between January and June compared to the same period last year.

‌One of the reasons for this slump was a lower availability of large-sized salmon. But now, things seem to have turned a corner – and understandably, Norway's government hopes that trend will continue.

‌"Close to one third of Norwegian exports to China have a relationship to the maritime sector," Norway's Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Kreivik told CGTN.

‌Earlier this year, an air cargo route was launched to transport fresh salmon directly from Norway to China's Jiangxi Province three times a week. The plane can carry up to sixty tons of fresh salmon.

"By using this cargo route we can have the fish there in 20 hours," Eva Beate Lande, cargo director at Avinor Oslo Airport, told CGTN. "This means that we can serve the Chinese demand for fresh salmon that we have seen increasing over the last years."

Last year, China overtook Japan and South Korea to become Norway's biggest export destination in Asia for fresh salmon.