Excise duties on farmed fish
Here you’ll find current and previous rates for excise duties on farmed fish.
Gutted fish: NOK 0.965 per kg
Gutted fish means fish that has bled out after the removal of viscera.
Conversion if the fish is not gutted
If slaughter weight is stated as a different type of slaughter condition than gutted weight, the excise duty is calculated using conversion factors:
Fish species and production level |
Conversion factors to gutted weight |
Salmon, round weight |
0.889 |
Salmon, with heads off |
1.125 |
Trout, round weight |
0.889 |
Trout, with heads off |
1.125 |
Rainbow trout, round weight |
0.881 |
Rainbow trout, with heads off |
1.115 |
The conversion factors are mainly based on the Norwegian standard for documentation of salmon and rainbow trout production (NS 9417:2012) and has been developed in cooperation with Norwegian fisheries authorities.