Fish processing 2017

Finnish enterprises processed 79 million kilos of fish in 2017. This amount is nearly the same as in 2015 when the previous statistics of fish processing products were compiled.
Of all fish used as raw material for processed products, 51 million kilos were of a domestic origin and 28 million kilos were imported. The proportion of domestic fish increased, while that of imported fish decreased by more than 10% from 2015.
The amount of full frozen Baltic herrings and sprats for exports increased by nearly seven million kilos from nearly 14 to more than 20 million kilos.
The processing volume of salmon imported from Norway decreased by nearly seven million kilos to under 25 million kilos.
A total of 19 million kilos of domestic and imported fish each was processed into fillets and other fresh products. Moreover, 13 million kilos of fish, more than half of which was domestic fish, were used for highly processed products.
The Baltic herring was followed by the salmon, rainbow trout and whitefish in the processing industry. These four species accounted for 96% of all fish-based raw material.
There were 143 fish processing enterprises, of which 23 processed more than half a million kilos. These accounted for 93% of the total volume of processed fish.