Salmon supplier by market
One request, offers from verified Norwegian exporters on one comparable basis, and the documents and cold chain for the United States handled by us. Email sales@fishofnorway.com or use the form below.
The United States buys Norwegian salmon mainly as fresh fillet — trim E, portion-cut, skin on or off — for retail programmes and food service, with whole HOG fish going to importers who fillet locally. Everything travels by air from Oslo, and the transit is stated per offer, not assumed.
What decides whether a consignment clears is compliance, not quality. The FDA requires a documented HACCP plan on the supplier side and prior notice on every shipment, and the importer of record files entry with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. We check that the supplier’s documentation is complete before the request goes out, so the first shipment is not the one that finds the gap.
Salmon in the forms this market actually buys
Each product has its own specification page — form, grade, size bands, packing, temperature, shelf life and minimum volume. State the product and the volume per delivery in the request, and the offers come back on the same basis.
Fully trimmed and skinless. The highest yield loss in the plant and the lowest waste in the kitchen.
HS code 0304.41
The entry product for any market where the cold chain is still being built. Long shelf life is the specification, not a bonus.
HS code 0304.81
The standard export form, and the one where the size band matters more than anything written above it.
HS code 0302.14
The workhorse of retail and food service. Closely trimmed, and the specification most buyers mean when they say “fillet” — with pin bone status stated separately.
HS code 0304.41
The highest specification we handle, and the one where the buyer rejects on colour and fat before anything else is discussed.
HS code 0304.41
Bought on yield per kilo, not on appearance. Single-frozen or double-frozen is the whole negotiation.
HS code 0303.13
Fresh by air, frozen by sea
Fresh salmon leaves Oslo by air, packed in 20 kg boxes with ice at 0 to +2 °C, and is booked for the worst-case transit rather than the scheduled one. Frozen salmon travels in reefer containers with the set point, pre-cooling and data logger specified in the contract, and the logger is read on arrival. Freight is booked and the cold chain monitored by us to the point where risk passes under the agreed Incoterm.
Typical door-to-door transit as quoted by forwarders, counted from collection at the plant to delivery at the buyer’s address, including export handling and import clearance under normal conditions. Customs holds, inspection sampling and missed connections are not included. Last reviewed 15 September 2026.
Fresh by air is normally quoted FCA Oslo Airport or CPT/CIP to the destination airport; frozen by sea FOB, CFR or CIF at the named port. DAP is possible where the seller controls the transit. The offer states the term and the named place.
Incoterms explained for seafood →What travels with the consignment
Every consignment carries a health certificate issued by Mattilsynet, a commercial invoice, a packing list with lot numbers, the transport document and a temperature log. A certificate of origin is added where a trade agreement or the importer requires it. The list below is what this region and this country add on top.
FDA prior notice and HACCP documentation from the supplier; customs entry by the U.S. importer of record. SIMP applies to some species (Atlantic cod among them) — scope is confirmed per species before quoting.
Three questions buyers in the United States ask first
Fish of Norway is the trading name of Fiskeruta AS, a Norwegian sourcing agent. The seller and the exporter of record — a Norwegian producer with its own establishment approval — are named in every offer, together with the establishment number you can check in the Mattilsynet register.
No. A price without volume, size band, Incoterm and validity is not information. Offers are quoted per request, and every figure carries a status — indicative, supplier-confirmed, agent-verified or contracted — so you know what it is worth.
Yes, against the written specification. A sample approved in writing becomes the reference the first lot is inspected against, which is what protects both sides when the consignment arrives.
Salmon for the United States: one request, comparable offers
Fill in what you know. An agent completes the specification with you before anything goes to a supplier, and the offers come back with landed cost per kilo on one basis.
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