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Originally Posted by ATDrake
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was an important luxury trade good for several centuries right down to this day, where it still forms a major part of the export economy of Iceland (to be fair, they don't have all that much available to export, and I say this as someone who considers Iceland my 2nd favourite country)
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Sure, Iceland has a lot to export. There's volcanic ash, lava rock, photos of volcanoes . . . well, you get the idea. ha! Not a put-down, just a remark about how many volcanoes are there. Most people don't realize.
On a serious note, Alcoa (I think it is) built a huge aluminum processing plant of some kind there in recent times. If I remember correctly what was said in this article that I was reading recently, Alcoa first imports aluminum ore to this plant, then processes it, and finally exports it, and still makes money there, because of some economic advantage that Iceland has. Maybe it's a sign of good things to come for the export side of Iceland's economy.