13

Thus the imports for consumption account for about one-half of the
lotal import value, while the other half is represented by various goods
necessary for production, fuel and lighting materials being essentially
needed for that purpose.
The following are the chief groups of goods imported to Iceland:
1925 1926 1927
1000 ke. 1000 kr 1000 kr.
1058 "104 t 039
7127 5 645 5 408
t 771 aa7 1519
{ 380 ‘gn 1032
2238 1 976 2 042
1178 © 056
523 240
3 908 2102
5274 2 758
3 881 3 308
1 067 922
2423 1 607

Animal foodstuffs . . , .
Cereals . . . . .
Garden produce and fruits,
Coffee and coffee-substitutes .
Sugar . . . , . . .
Tobacco and cigars . . . .
Wines and spirits . . .
Yarn, thread, rope etc. .
Dry goods . . . .
Clothes . . . . .
Other textiles . . |
Footwear . , . . . . ,
Petroleum and other kinds of
mineral oil . , . . .
Timber, unwrought . , . .
Timber, wrought . . . . ,
Paper and manufactures of
paper . . . . . . ,
Coal . . . . . . . ..
Cement . , . . . . . .
Salt... LL,
Stone-, earthen-, and glassware
 . . . . . . . . 1022 661
Iron and ironmongery . . . 4704 3627
Ships and boats . . . . . 1982 2294 1439
Vehicles and machines . . . 3419 3767 2601
Other goods . . . . . . 6640 6 645 1742
Total 70 191 57 767 53 162

3422
2 495
1 762

1 083
4 561
702
3014

0

The chief groups of commodities exported from Iceland were:

1925 1926 1927
000 kr. 1000 kr. 1000 kr,
69 988 44 958 55 080
7634 7 296 7 353

Fish and fish products . .
Farming produce . . . .
Eiderdown, ptarmigan, sealand
 fox-skins, and other
natural produce . . . 583 360 496
All other goods . . . . 435 456 224
Total 78 640 53 070 63 153