Iceland drops import duty on EU farm produce
Further liberalization on the trade in agricultural products with the EU block will result in duty free importation of most farm produce, reducing the...
Ban on seal products extends further
The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins f...
Customs processing fees costing Icelanders more than actual import duty
The recipients of 36,000 parcels from overseas last year had to pay Icelandic Customs more for deciding how much duty and charges to apply to their pa...
Icelandic milk to Russia
Iceland has made a reciprocal deal with Russia over the sale of dairy products which paves the way for the export of Icelandic products including skyr...
Iceland-Hong Kong trade deal on aphrodisiac sea cucumbers
The EFTA and Hong Kong have signed a free-trade agreement, which will effectively allow Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland to use Hong Kon...
China seeks apology from Norway
The ambassador of China in Oslo has called on Norwegian officials to apologise for handing the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese human rights activist la...
Russia-Denmark relations advance with energy agreement
Business between Denmark and Russia will take a step forward this year via new energy initiatives.
Icelandic krona exchange rates reflect recovery of national economy
Written by Tom Cleveland, foreign exchange market analyst: While the major foreign exchange event of the past decade would surely be the highly succes...