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Subjects > Sales > Iceland

Country: Iceland Subject: Sales

ISL.SL.......
Direct source
Statistics Iceland


Country: Iceland Subject: Sales > Manufacturing > Construction Materials > Volume

ISL.SLMNCM01.......
Name of collection/source
The Icelandic State Cement Works is the only factory of its kind in Iceland.

Item coverage
The index covers the whole market for cement for the building industry.

Key statistical concept
Data refer to monthly sales of the Icelandic State Cement Works.

Seasonal adjustment
Statistics Iceland seasonally adjust and then filter to further eliminate seasonal changes. The filter is calculated on the basis of long time series on sales of cement, with greater weight given to more recent data.


Country: Iceland Subject: Sales > Retail trade > Car registration

ISL.SLRTCR.......
Name of collection/source
Data are collected by the Icelandic Motor Vehicles Inspection Co. Ltd.

Item coverage
Data include passenger cars, buses, vans and lorries. New registrations also include new registrations of used vehicles.


Country: Iceland Subject: Sales > Retail trade > Total retail trade

ISL.SLRTTO.......
Name of collection/source
Data are derived from VAT returns.

Source Periodicity
The indices are published bimonthly by the national source.

Sector coverage
From 1998, the series is based on NACE Rev.1, divisions 50 and 51.

Key statistical concept
The index measures monthly changes in the value of total turnover in retail sales, excluding VAT.

Aggregation and consolidation
The index used to deflate the series at current prices is the retail price index including housing cost.

Other manipulations
Yearly and quarterly data are averages of bimonthly figures.