ectricity - imports: 0 kWh (1998)
Agriculture - products: potatoes, turnips; cattle, sheep; fish
Exports: $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Exports - commodities: fish and fish products 70%, animal products,
aluminum, diatomite and ferrosilicon
Exports - partners: EU 65% (UK 19%, Germany 15%, France 7%, Denmark
6%), US 13%, Japan 5% (1998)
Imports: $2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, petroleum products;
foodstuffs, textiles
Imports - partners: EU 56% (Germany 12%, UK 10%, Norway 9%, Denmark
8%, Sweden 6%), US 11% (1998)
Debt - external: $2.6 billion (1999)
Economic aid - recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 Icelandic krona (IKr) = 100 aurar
Exchange rates: Icelandic kronur (IKr) per US$1 - 72.334 (January
2000), 72.352 (1999), 70.958 (1998), 70.904 (1997), 66.500 (1996),
64.692 (1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Iceland:Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 162,310 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 65,746 (1997)
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 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 Service Providers (ISPs): 14 (1999)
@Iceland:Transportation
Railways: 0 km
Highways:
total: 12,689 km
paved: 3,439 km
unpaved: 9,250 km (1998 est.)
Ports and harbors: Akureyri, Hornafjordur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik,
Raufarhofn, Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vestmannaeyjar
Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,085 GRT/16,938 DWT
ships by type: chemical tanker 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 1
(1999 est.)
Airports: 86 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 7 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 74
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 52 (1999 est.)
@Iceland:Military
Military branches: no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard; note
- Iceland's defense is provided by the U
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