$146
million (1996 est.)
Industries: fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon
production, geothermal power; tourism
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity-capacity: 1.083 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 4.916 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 18,481 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: potatoes, turnips; cattle, sheep; fish catch of
about 1.1 million metric tons in 1992
Exports:
total value: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities: fish and fish products 75%, animal products, aluminum,
ferrosilicon, diatomite
partners: UK 19%, Germany 14%, US 12%, Japan 11%, Denmark 8%, France
7% (1995)
Imports:
total value: $2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum
products, foodstuffs, textiles
partners: Germany 11%, Norway 10%, UK 10%, Denmark 9%, US 8%, Sweden
7% (1995)
Debt-external: $2.2 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid: $NA
Currency: 1 Icelandic krona (IKr) = 100 aurar
Exchange rates: Icelandic kronur (IKr) per US$1-72.707 (January 1998),
70.904 (1997), 66.500 (1996), 64.692 (1995), 69.944 (1994), 67.603
(1993)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 143,600 (1993 est.)
Telephone system: adequate domestic service
domestic: the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic cables
and microwave radio relay links
international: 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 5, FM 147 (transmitters and repeaters),
shortwave 0
Radios: 91,500 licensed (1993 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 202 (transmitters and repeaters)
Televisions: 96,100 licensed (1993 est.)
@Iceland:Transportation
Railways: 0 km
Highways:
total: 12,341 km
paved: 3,196 km
unpaved: 9,145 km (1996 est.)
Ports and harbors: Akureyri, Hornafjordur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik,
Raufarhofn, Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vestmannaeyjar
Merchant marine:
total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,594 GRT/29,322 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, container 1, oil tanker 1,
refrigerated cargo 1 (1997 est.)
Airports: 90 (1997 est.)
Airports-with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1997 est.)
Airports-with unpaved runways:
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