Fish fillets: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. Norway$4.9 billion · 16.6%
2. Chile$4.1 billion · 14%
3. China$3.2 billion · 10.7%
4. Vietnam$2.4 billion · 8%
5. United States$1.4 billion · 4.6%
6. Netherlands$1.3 billion · 4.3%
   re-exports
7. Iceland$1.3 billion · 4.3%
8. Poland$963 million · 3.3%
9. Denmark$872 million · 3%
10. Russia$862 million · 2.9%
11. Indonesia$687 million · 2.3%
12. Turkey$560 million · 1.9%
13. Spain$535 million · 1.8%
14. Germany$470 million · 1.6%
15. Sweden$422 million · 1.4%
16. Namibia$358 million · 1.2%
17. Canada$321 million · 1.1%
18. South Korea$309 million · 1.1%
19. Argentina$305 million · 1%
20. New Zealand$282 million · 0.96%

Norway went from 10% to 16.6% of world exports of fish fillets

In 2024, Norway accounted for 16.6% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 41.3%. HHI: 764 out of 10,000; equivalent to 13 exporters of the same size.

Share of recorded exports, not of production: a country that produces a lot and consumes almost all of it may export little

Countries where Norway sells more than half of what they buy

Countries that buy more than half of this product from its largest exporter, with its share.

• Sweden: 85.7% of its purchases · Dependence of Sweden on Norway
• Czechia: 50.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Czechia on Norway
• Kuwait: 51.1% of its purchases
• Dominica: 99.9% of its purchases
• Armenia: 54.2% of its purchases

1. United States$7.8 billion · 26.3%
2. Japan$2.9 billion · 9.9%
3. Germany$1.9 billion · 6.3%
4. France$1.7 billion · 5.6%
5. Sweden$1.3 billion · 4.5%
6. United Kingdom$1.2 billion · 4.1%
7. Italy$1.1 billion · 3.8%
8. Spain$1.1 billion · 3.7%
9. Poland$1.1 billion · 3.7%
10. Netherlands$905 million · 3.1%
    re-exports
11. Canada$722 million · 2.5%
12. South Korea$654 million · 2.2%
13. Israel$649 million · 2.2%
14. Belgium$493 million · 1.7%
    re-exports
15. Mexico$480 million · 1.6%
16. China$449 million · 1.5%
17. Denmark$392 million · 1.3%
18. Brazil$333 million · 1.1%
19. Australia$327 million · 1.1%
20. Thailand$283 million · 0.96%

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Products in the same chapter

• Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)
• Frozen fish
• Shrimp and prawns
• Fresh fish
• Salmon
• Tuna
• Mollusks (squid, mussels, oysters)
• Dried, salted and smoked fish

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.