date:Jan 02, 2014
ated price variations.
Nigeria imported 129,000 tonnes of frozen herring from Norway in 2010 when the average price (for export of frozen herring) was around 4.57 per pound and only 6,600 tonnes in 2012 when the average price was NOK 7.91 per kilo.
During the same period, the Norwegian herring quotas were reduced by 57 per cent. Nofima's analysis shows great exchange in exports of other pelagic species such as mackerel and silver smelt to the African continent. Imports of more expensive specie