During Week 6 of 20189, Norway exported 420 tonnes of fresh salmon to China, an increase over 355 tonnes the previous week.
This was a fraction of the total exports, but producers in Norway see demand from China as an important factor to balance growing global salmon supply which has reduced prices.
In late 2016, Norway and China began to normalise political and trading relations following a diplomatic row over the 2010 award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Salmon exports to Vietnam, which has been previously seen as a backdoor route to China, fell year-on-year.