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Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA
£ 4,296 m
2020 MAY
- Release date:
- 14 July 2020
- Next release:
- 12 August 2020
UK trade: April 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- 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.
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
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£ -1,201 m 2020 Q1
- Release date:
- 30 June 2020
- Next release:
- 30 September 2020
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£ 160,748 m 2020 Q1
- Release date:
- 30 June 2020
- Next release:
- 12 August
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£ 159,547 m 2020 Q1
- Release date:
- 30 June 2020
- Next release:
- 30 September 2020
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£ -19,312 m 2020 Q1
- Release date:
- 30 June 2020
- Next release:
- 30 September 2020
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£ -3,203 m 2020 MAY
- Release date:
- 14 July 2020
- Next release:
- 12 August 2020
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£ -10,003 m 2020 Q1
- Release date:
- 30 June 2020
- Next release:
- 30 September 2020
Datasets related to International trade
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International trade in services
Detailed breakdown of annual trade in UK services estimates, analysing data by country, product and industry.
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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.
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UK trade time series
Monthly value of UK exports and imports of goods and services by current price, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
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UK Balance of Payments - The Pink Book time series
Annual time series data for the UK Balance of Payments.
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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.
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Trade in goods: all countries, seasonally adjusted
The annual and monthly goods export and import figures for all countries with the UK.
Publications related to International trade
Statistical bulletins
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UK trade: May 2020
Total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services in current prices, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
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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.
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International trade in services, UK: 2018
Product, industry and geographical annual breakdowns of imports and exports of services, excluding travel, transport and banking sectors.
Articles
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Who does the UK trade with?
Explore the UK's trade relationships through interactive maps, charts and analysis.
Methodology related to International trade
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