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V. Balance of Payments

Table 5. Foreign Exehange Position of the Banking System*
(Billions of krónur, end of period)
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1 Central Bank, net - 6.6 1.5 -4.4 -1.8 4.3 17.3 40.5
11 Gross reserves 8.3 5.7 8.0 15.3 21.3 43.8 64.8
III Gold 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9
112 SDR’s 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.1
113 Reserve position in the IMF 0.6 - - - - - 2.8
114 Convertible currencies 7.0 4.7 6.8 14.6 20.2 42.4 61.0
12 Short-term foreign liabilities -0.9 -3.0 -10.6 -17.1 -17.0 -26.5 -24.3
121 With IMF - -2.2 -6.3 -12.4 14.6 19.6 18.0
122 Other -0.9 -0.8 -4.4 -4.6 -2.4 -6.9 -6.3
13 Clearing accounts -0.8 -1.2 -1.7 - - - -
2 Commercial banks, net -0.4 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.9 3.9
21 Short-term fóreign assets 0.4 1.2 1.8 2.3 2.9 4.3 6.1
22 Short-term foreign liabilites -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.9 -1.1 -1.4 -2.2
3 Foreign exchange position of the banking system, net 6.2 1.9 -3.4 -0.4 6.1 20.3 44.4
Conversion rate pr. U.S.S 83.6 118.3 170.6 189.5 212.8 317.7 394.4
* Duc to diffcrcnces in exchange rates applicd. the forcign exchange data in this table may differ from those shown in the Money and Credit section.
Table 6. Export Stocks, Unpaid Exports, and Suppliers’ Credif
(Billions of krónur, end of period)
September
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1978 1979
1 Export stocks** . . . . 3.3 6.1 10.1 1.7.2 24.0 27.6 32.8 44.1
11 Marine products . . . . 2.4 4.8 5.8 9.4 20.2 21.3 29.2 40.2
12 Agricultural products . . . . 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.1 1.4 3.1 1.0 1.4
13 Diatomite . . . . 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0.1
14 Aluminium . . . . 0.4 1.0 3.2 2.7 2.4 3.1 2.5 2.4
2 Export collections outstanding . . . . . . . 2.0 3.0 4.7 6.2 9.5 18.8 20.8 26.6
3 Short term suppliers' credit . . . . 3.2 5.9 7.4 10.2 15.6 27.8 28.1 42.9
* Based on current exchange ratcs. ** Based on prices at the end of period.
no 5 GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
Fixed exchange rate. U.S.$ 1 = kr. 394.4
(a) Reserves in billions of krónur — ■ (b) Months of general imports equivalent
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