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Wednesday - 31 August 2005
No. 77/2005

External trade January-July 2005


Balance of trade

The value of exported goods from Iceland amounted to ISK 111,900 million fob and the value of imported goods amounted to ISK 159,400 million fob January-July 2005. Thus there was a trade deficit of 47,500 million as compared with a trade deficit of 18,900 million in January-July 2004, at fixed rates of exchange¹.

Exports
The total value of exports of goods January-July 2005 was 5,900 million or 5.6% higher at constant rates of exchange than the same period the year before.

Imports
The total value of imports of goods January-July 2005 showed an increase of 34,500 million or 27.6% higher than in the same period last year, at fixed rates of exchange.

Balance of trade in January-July 2005
Change on previous year at constant exchange rates, %1 January-July
Million ISK at fixed exchange rate
July January–July
  2004 2005 2004 2005
Exports fob, total 15,085 13,714 105,988 111,883 5.6
Imports fob, total 20,660 23,925 124,905 159,398 27.6
Balance of trade -5,575 -10,212 -18,917 -47,515 ·
 
The value of exports and imports January–July 2004 and 2005
Change on previous year at constant exchange rates, % 1  January-July
Million ISK at current exchange rate
January–July January–July
  2004 2005
Exports fob, total 115,960.0 111,883.4 5.6
Marine products 70,047.9 66,617.7 4.0
Agricultural products 2,518.8 2,153.8 -6.5
Manufacturing products 40,640.1 38,065.1 2.5
Other products 2,753.1 5,046.9 ·
Imports fob, total 136,657.4 159,398.1 27.6
Food and beverages 11,406.6 11,480.4 10.1
Industrial supplies n.e.s. 36,076.7 38,761.5 17.5
Fuels and lubricants 10,616.5 14,870.2 53.2
Capital goods (except for transport) 30,933.9 34,574.6 22.3
Transport equipment 23,620.1 34,229.0 58.5
Consumer goods n.e.s. 23,875.6 25,310.2 16.0
Goods n.e.s. 128.0 172.1 47.1
Balance of trade -20,697.4 -47,514.7 ·


1
Based on trade-weighted index of average foreign currency prices in terms of ISK, change on previous year -8.6per cent.


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