Belarus is now Norway’s largest importer of trout and salmon, but from January 9th 2020, transit export sales to Russia will be closed.
Russia closed its borders to salmon and trout from Norway in August 2014 as a countermeasure against the West’s economic sanctions, and the superpower has barely bought a kilo of Norwegian salmon or trout since.
But large quantities of Norwegian salmon and trout have been exported to Russia via neighbouring Belarus, which has a common customs agreement with Russia.
In fact, in 2019, Belarus has been the largest importer of salmon and trout from Norway.