The total turnover of enterprises in activities that are subject to VAT amounted to 527 billion ISK in the period of January-February 2015, which is an increase of 9,6% compared to the same period in 2014. In the last 12 months the increase is 6.3% compared with the previous 12 months. The biggest increase is in Mining and quarrying. Statistics Iceland is also publishing a new table that will be reviewed once a year, containing VAT turnover by municipalities of enterprises, based on their legal residence.
Turnover | ||||||
January - February | March - February | |||||
2014 | 2015 | % | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | % | |
Total | 480,717 | 526,929 | 9.6% | 3,333,514 | 3,542,394 | 6.3% |
01/02 Agriculture and forestry | 1,912 | 2,094 | 9.5% | 47,432 | 48,179 | 1.6% |
B Mining and quarrying | 411 | 706 | 71.6% | 3,777 | 4,965 | 31.5% |
03/10.2 Fishing, aquaculture; fish processing | 54,148 | 60,254 | 11.3% | 383,359 | 369,946 | -3.5% |
C Manufacturing excluding 10.2, fish processing | 89,432 | 111,411 | 24.6% | 596,817 | 679,175 | 13.8% |
D/E Electricity, gas; water supply; sewerage and waste management | 23,962 | 27,159 | 13.3% | 149,501 | 161,699 | 8.2% |
F Construction | 18,955 | 20,564 | 8.5% | 140,668 | 162,476 | 15.5% |
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 162,239 | 168,777 | 4.0% | 1,091,017 | 1,137,766 | 4.3% |
H Transportation and storage | 45,636 | 45,932 | 0.6% | 336,512 | 339,281 | 0.8% |
I Accommodation and food service activities | 12,278 | 13,968 | 13.8% | 99,796 | 115,289 | 15.5% |
J Information and communication | 25,335 | 24,912 | -1.7% | 154,438 | 165,677 | 7.3% |
L Real estate activities | 9,392 | 9,868 | 5.1% | 57,574 | 63,408 | 10.1% |
M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 18,023 | 19,699 | 9.3% | 119,807 | 130,673 | 9.1% |
N Adminstrative and support service activities | 9,041 | 10,395 | 15.0% | 68,931 | 78,864 | 14.4% |
Other fields of activity | 9,952 | 11,189 | 12.4% | 83,886 | 84,996 | 1.3% |