Fish processing

Size class of fish processing enterprises according to amount of processed fish and amount of fish processed in 2007, by enterprises of various size

	Number of enterprises		Total amount processed
<10 000 kg	68		179
10 000 - 49 999 kg	56		1 623
50 000 - 99 999 kg	21		1 399
100 000 - 499 999 kg	36		6 344
500 000 - 1000 000 kg	3		2 101
1000 0000 kg >	17		62 583
Totalt	201		74 229

The use of fish for different processed products in 2007, by species (1000 kg raw material)

	Baltic herring	Rainbow trout	Salmon	Other	Total
Deep frozen	24 804	3 614	252	326	28 994
Fresh fillet	4 191	6 625	12 119	3 125	26 059
Slightly salted	109	1 358	378	74	1 919
Smoked or cold smoked	378	6 785	986	1 146	9 296
Preserves or semipreserves	292	112	48	4 295	4 744
Ready-to-eat food	337	1 555	175	647	2 715
Other	24	13	41	423	501
Total	30 134	20 064	13 998	10 033	74 229

The method used to compile the statistics is described in details in the publication, in chapter 'Quality description'. The statistics on fish processing is compiled every other year.

More information:

Pentti Moilanen
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
Turku Game and Fisheries Research
Itäinen Pitkäkatu 3
FI-20520 Turku, Finland
Phone +358 40 570 1070
Fax +358 205 751 689
E-mail: firstname.lastname@rktl.fi

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