International trade

Trade in goods and services across the UK's international borders, including total imports and exports, the types of goods and services traded and general trends in international trade.

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Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -1,630 m

2021 JAN

Release date:: 12 March 2021
Next release:: 13 April 2021

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UK trade: April 2020

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The total trade balance, excluding non-monetary gold and other precious metals, decreased by £3.2 billion to a deficit of £1.2 billion in the three months to April 2020, as exports fell £33.1 billion and imports fell by a lesser £29.9 billion.
The fall in both exports and imports in the three months to April 2020 was mainly driven by trade in services, which saw falls of £19.5 billion and £18.1 billion respectively.
The trade in goods deficit, excluding non-monetary gold and other precious metals, saw a £13.7 billion fall in exports and an £11.8 billion fall in imports in the three months to April 2020.

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UK services trade by business characteristics

Breakdown of UK trade in services by business characteristics (size and ownership), industry and region, on a balance of payments basis using a new experimental dataset.

Time series related to International trade

Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -13,221 m 2020 Q4

Release date:

31 March 2021

Next release:

30 June 2021
Total Trade (TT): WW: Imports: BOP: CP: SA

£ 159,108 m 2020 Q4

Release date:

31 March 2021

Next release:

30 June 2021
Total Trade (TT): WW: Exports: BOP: CP: SA

£ 145,887 m 2020 Q4

Release date:

31 March 2021

Next release:

30 June 2021
Trade in Goods (T): EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -25,476 m 2020 Q4

Release date:

31 March 2021

Next release:

30 June 2021
Trade in Goods: EMU(19): Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -21,358 m 2020 Q4

Release date:

31 March 2021

Next release:

30 June 2021
Trade in Goods (T): Non-EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -16,185 m 2020 Q4

Release date:

31 March 2021

Next release:

30 June 2021

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Datasets related to International trade

International trade in services

Detailed breakdown of annual trade in UK services estimates, analysing data by country, product and industry.
UK trade in goods by classification of product by activity time series

Quarterly and annual time series of the value of UK imports and exports of goods grouped by product. Goods are attributed to the activity of which they are the principal products.
UK trade time series

Monthly value of UK exports and imports of goods and services by current price, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
UK Balance of Payments - The Pink Book time series

Annual time series data for the UK Balance of Payments.
Balance of payments time series

Quarterly summary of balance of payments accounts including the current account, capital transfers, transactions and levels of UK external assets and liabilities.
Trade in goods: all countries, seasonally adjusted

The annual and monthly goods export and import figures for all countries with the UK.

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Statistical bulletins

UK trade: January 2021

Total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services in current prices, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
UK Trade in Goods by Classification of Product by Activity CPA(08): Quarter 2 (April to June) 2015

The value of UK exports and imports of goods grouped by industry. Goods are attributed to the industry of which they are the principal products.
International trade in services, UK: 2018

Product, industry and geographical annual breakdowns of imports and exports of services, excluding travel, transport and banking sectors.