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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International trade in UK nations, regions and cities: 2021

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In 2021, there was a total trade surplus in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, led in each nation by the trade surplus in services.
London’s trade surplus of £51.6 billion, offset the trade deficits in other English regions.
The value of goods imported by the South East was higher than any UK region (£93.1 billion) in 2021, 57.5% of which were by the wholesale and motor trade industry.

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

£ -1,574 m

2023 SEP

Release date:: 10 November 2023
Next release:: 13 December 2023

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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.

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

£ -4,512 m 2023 Q3

Release date:

10 November 2023

Next release:

22 December 2023
Total Trade (TT): WW: Imports: BOP: CP: SA

£ 71,064 m 2023 SEP

Release date:

10 November 2023

Next release:

13 December 2023
Total Trade (TT): WW: Exports: BOP: CP: SA

£ 213,519 m 2023 Q3

Release date:

10 November 2023

Next release:

22 December 2023
Trade in Goods (T): EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -9,838 m 2023 SEP

Release date:

10 November 2023

Next release:

13 December 2023
Trade in Goods: EMU(19): Balance: BOP: CP: SA

£ -8,315 m 2023 SEP

Release date:

10 November 2023

Next release:

13 December 2023
Trade in Goods (T): Non-EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA

-11,157 2023 Q3

Release date:

10 November 2023

Next release:

22 December 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

International trade in UK nations, regions and cities: 2021

Experimental estimated value of exports and imports of goods and services for 2021 for International Territory Levels 1, 2 and 3, and city regions. Includes EU and non-EU split along with data for top 20 partner countries.
UK trade: September 2023

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.