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The company explained: "The quota reduction follows the biological recommendations of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), aimed at protecting and restoring wild populations. Overall, catch volumes have been declining in recent years, and Arctic shrimp sizes have changed, with average catch sizes becoming increasingly smaller. Some unused quotas in 2024 will be transferred to 2025." The company also stated that after several difficult years, the cooked and peeled shrimp business began to improve in 2024, with European prices dropping 20-25% due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. The business returned to profitability in 2024, but earnings remain lower than in previous years. The shell-on shrimp business is a key pillar for Royal Greenland, with main products sold in Northern Europe and China. Greenland Arctic shrimp prices face challenges from rising Norwegian Arctic shrimp production, with category-wide profits declining. In 2024, per-kilogram profits dropped DKK 5 compared to 2023, with sales volume decreasing by 95 million Danish kroner. In 2024, Royal Greenland achieved revenues of 5.6 billion Danish kroner, with Asian market income declining by 200 million Danish kroner to 1.8 billion Danish kroner. The company stated: "The Chinese market remains a strong and important market for Royal Greenland, with Greenland halibut and Arctic shrimp accounting for over 73% of sales, snow crab around 10%. Sales of other species are increasing, with turbot sales approaching 100 million Danish kroner."

In Eber Lake, where the harvest of reeds has begun and which are exported as roof insulation material to many countries like England and the Netherlands, the yield has decreased by approximately 70% compared to previous years, with the primary reasons being the danger of lake drying up and fires around the lake.

Grain production in the European Union/United Kingdom remains on pace to exceed last year’s crop, but COCERAL has trimmed its overall outlook on lower plantings in a pair of key wheat producing countries in its second forecast for the 2025 crop. COCERAL, the European association that focuses on agricultural trade, sees the total grain output