According to preliminary figures for August 2009 the value of exported goods amounted to ISK 44,100 million fob and the value of imported goods amounted to ISK 31,500 million fob. Thus, there was a trade surplus of ISK 12,600 million in August 2009, according to the preliminary figures, calculated on fob value.

There is an indication of an increase in the exported value of marine products and manufacturing products and a decrease in imported fuels and lubricants in August compared with July 2009.

Statistics Iceland has discovered missing data for imports in the category of industrial supplies for the first months of 2009. Corrected data will be released by the end of this month with the publication of External trade in January-August 2009. New findings indicate that the external trade surplus for January-July has thus been overestimated by nearly 8,000 million ISK.

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