Rate for:

Excise duties on fish production

Here you’ll find current and previous rates for excise duties on fish production.


Gutted fish: NOK 0.935 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.