18 Jun

18 Jun 2019

Monthly balance of trade in goods and services for April 2019

In April 2019, value of exported goods in BOP* was estimated 51,200 million ISK and value of imported goods was estimated 65,400 million.

14 Jun

14 Jun 2019

Total catch in May was 122 thousand tonnes

The landed catch of Icelandic vessels in May 2019 was 122,166 thousand tonnes which is a 13% decrease from May 2018.

14 Jun

14 Jun 2019

General Government deficit at 0.5% of GDP in the 1st quarter of 2019

Please note that this press release was corrected 14 June 2019 at 15:00 as dividend payments were underestimated. In the 1st quarter of 2019, the financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 3.4 billion ISK in deficit or 0.5% of quarterly GDP.

13 Jun

13 Jun 2019

Tourism short-term indicators in June

The number of tourists coming to Iceland was approximately 111 thousand in May and reduced by 24% compared to with the same month last year when it was 148 thousand.

11 Jun

11 Jun 2019

A trade deficit of ISK 177,500 million in 2018 – Final data

In the year 2018, the value of exported goods from Iceland amounted to ISK 602,100 million fob and the value of imported goods amounted to ISK 779,600 million fob

07 Jun

07 Jun 2019

Correction: A trade deficit of ISK 1,100 million in May 2019, according to preliminary figures

Further data validation on May data revealed that in the import on transport equipment a record in the Customs data existed that does not comply with the trade in goods methodology. The preliminary figures for May 2019 are therefore republished