orts:
0 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - imports:
15,470 bbl/day (2001)
Current account balance:
$-574 million (2003)
Exports:
$2.379 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
fish and fish products 70%, animal products, aluminum, diatomite,
ferrosilicon
Exports - partners:
Germany 17.4%, UK 17.4%, Netherlands 11.2%, US 9.8%, Spain 6.3%,
Denmark 5%, Norway 4.5%, France 4% (2003)
Imports:
$2.59 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, petroleum products; foodstuffs, textiles
Imports - partners:
Germany 11.8%, Denmark 8%, US 7.5%, UK 7.5%, Norway 7%, Sweden
6.5%, Netherlands 6.2%, Italy 4.7% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$818.7 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$2.6 billion (1999)
Economic aid - donor:
NA
Currency:
Icelandic krona (ISK)
Currency code:
ISK
Exchange rates:
Icelandic kronur per US dollar - 76.709 (2003), 91.6617 (2002),
97.4246 (2001), 78.6159 (2000), 72.3353 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Iceland
Telephones - main lines in use:
190,700 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
279,100 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: extensive domestic service
domestic: the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic
cables and microwave radio relay links
international: country code - 354; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean
regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the
other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
260,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
98,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.is
Internet hosts:
122,175 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
20 (2001)
Internet users:
195,000 (2003)
Transportation Iceland
Highways:
total: 12,955 km
paved/oiled gravel: 3,863 km
unpaved: 9,092 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Akureyri, Hornafjordhur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik, Raufarhofn,
Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vesttmannaeyjar
Merchant marine:
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,341 GRT/6,019 DWT
registered in other countries: 26 (2004 est.)
by type: petroleum tanker 1
Airports:
100 (2003 est.)
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