NEWS RELEASE EXTERNAL TRADE 30 NOVEMBER 2011

Export of services for the third quarter of 2011, according to preliminary figures, was 108,624 million ISK and the import of services 81,371 million ISK. Therefore, the services trade surplus in the third quarter of 2011 was 27,253 million ISK.

Transport was the largest category within export of services and the surplus of transport was 22,537 million ISK. Other services than transport and travel was the largest category within imports of services and the deficit of other services was 9,840 million ISK. The surplus of travel services was 14,556 million ISK.

External Trade in Services 2011        
  1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter Total
Value in million ISK        
Export of services 58,287.3 89,871.4 108,624.2 256,782.8
Transport 28,149.1 37,472.4 48,976.7 114,598.2
Travel 10,043.7 22,119.9 37,978.1 70,141.7
Other services 20,094.5 30,279.0 21,669.5 72,043.0
         
Import of services 62,253.8 71,543.9 81,371.3 215,169.0
Transport 17,266.4 20,007.1 26,439.3 63,712.7
Travel 16,967.7 22,435.1 23,422.2 62,825.0
Other services 28,019.8 29,101.7 31,509.8 88,631.2
         
Balance of trade in services -3,966.6 18,327.5 27,252.9 41,613.8
Transport 10,882.7 17,465.3 22,537.4 50,885.4
Travel -6,924.0 -315.2 14,555.8 7,316.7
Other services -7,925.3 1,177.3 -9,840.3 -16,588.3

Statistics

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