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Salmon price continues to recover

Christian Perez
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Christian Pérez The average price represents a 3.3 per cent or 13 cents increase compared to the previous week.

However, it is 17.3 per cent lower than the price observed in the same week of 2013 (US$ 4.86) and 14.5 per cent higher than that seen in the same week of 2012 (US$ 3.51). According to the weekly report published by SalmonEx, the Brazilian market price remained unchanged. Fish in the 10-12lb (~4.5-5.4kg) range sold for US$ 4.69/kg, the same price as the previous week. In the Japanese market, the price of Coho and trout remained unchanged too. The first fetched ¥ 690 (US$ ~5.76)/kg, while the second stayed at ¥ 760 (US$ ~6.34)/kg. *C+F: cost and freight.

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