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

£ -1,802 m

2022 NOV

Release date:: 13 January 2023
Next release:: 10 February 2023

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UK trade: November 2022

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The value of goods imports increased by £1.8 billion (3.5%) in November 2022 but, after removing the effect of inflation, imports of goods increased by £2.5 billion (6.1%).
Goods imports from EU countries increased by £1.2 billion (4.7%) and imports from non-EU countries rose by £0.6 billion (2.2%), both driven by rising imports of machinery and transport equipment.
Gas prices continued to decrease in November 2022, leading to the third consecutive month of decreases in the value of fuel imports from non-EU countries.

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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

£ -1,802 m 2022 NOV

Release date:

13 January 2023

Next release:

10 February 2023
Total Trade (TT): WW: Imports: BOP: CP: SA

£ 74,683 m 2022 NOV

Release date:

13 January 2023

Next release:

10 February 2023
Total Trade (TT): WW: Exports: BOP: CP: SA

£ 72,881 m 2022 NOV

Release date:

13 January 2023

Next release:

10 February 2023
Trade in Goods (T): EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -10,957 m 2022 NOV

Release date:

13 January 2023

Next release:

10 February 2023
Trade in Goods: EMU(19): Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -8,786 m 2022 NOV

Release date:

13 January 2023

Next release:

10 February 2023
Trade in Goods (T): Non-EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -4,666 m 2022 NOV

Release date:

13 January 2023

Next release:

10 February 2023

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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, quarterly and monthly goods export and import figures for all countries within the UK.

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Statistical bulletins

UK trade: November 2022

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.