Statistics Iceland publishes now an issue in the Statistical Series on External Trade for the year 2009. Goods exported from Iceland amounted to 500,900 million ISK and goods imported into Iceland amounted to 410,600 million ISK fob, 446,100 million ISK cif. Thus there was a trade surplus for the first time since 2002 of 90,300 million ISK. Exports increased by 7.3% at current prices while imports decreased by 13.3%. Marine products constituted 41.7% of all exports and manufacturing products 48.6%, but the largest import categories were industrial supplies, capital goods and consumer goods other than food and beverages. Largest trading countries were the Netherlands in exports and Norway in imports and EEA was the most important market area for both exports and imports.

Statistics Iceland now also releases on its website detailed tables of final figures for 2009. Statistics Iceland has now corrected an export of fishmeal wrongly classified as whalemeal in customs declarations.

External trade of goods in 2009 - Statistical Series