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BoP Current Account Balance SA £m
£ -12,067 m
2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
Balance of payments, UK: July to September 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- The underlying UK current account deficit, excluding precious metals, narrowed to £10.5 billion, or 1.4% of gross domestic product (GDP), in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025; this is a change of £5.0 billion compared with the deficit of £15.5 billion (revised from £23.8 billion) in the previous quarter.
- The UK current account deficit, including trade in precious metals, narrowed by £9.1 billion to £12.1 billion, or 1.6% of GDP, in Quarter 3 2025.
- The total trade deficit, excluding precious metals, widened to £4.6 billion, or 0.6% of GDP, in Quarter 3 2025, compared with £3.1 billion (revised from £2.8 billion) in the previous quarter; the goods deficit widened to £57.4 billion, and the services surplus increased to £52.8 billion.
Time series related to Balance of payments
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£ -12,067 m 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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-1.6 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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-0.8 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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-0.2 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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-0.5 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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£ -261,400 m 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
Datasets related to Balance of payments
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Balance of payments
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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Balance of payments – revision triangles
Quarterly summary information on the size and direction of the revisions made to the data covering a five-year period, UK.
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Trade in goods: country-by-commodity imports
Monthly import country-by-commodity data on the UK's trade in goods, including trade by all countries and selected commodities, non-seasonally adjusted.
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UK trade: revisions – total trade balance
Revisions triangle for monthly total trade balance data, UK.
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Trade in goods: country-by-commodity exports
Monthly export country-by-commodity data on the UK's trade in goods, including trade by all countries and selected commodities, non-seasonally adjusted.
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UK trade: records sheet
Selected monthly figures for total goods and services, total goods and EU and non-EU goods compared with previous highs and lows and record figures, UK.
Publications related to Balance of payments
Statistical bulletins
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Balance of payments, UK: July to September 2025
A measure of cross-border transactions between the UK and rest of the world. Includes trade, income, capital transfers, and foreign assets and liabilities.
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UK trade: October 2025
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 Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: 2025
An annual review of cross-border transactions on the UK's balance of payments, including the current account, financial account, and the international investment stock position.
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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.
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Foreign direct investment involving UK companies: 2023
Investment of UK companies abroad (outward) and foreign companies into the UK (inward), including investment flows, positions and earnings, by country, component and industry.
Articles
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Foreign direct investment by ultimate controlling economy, UK trends and analysis
Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) positions and earnings presented by the economy of the ultimate controlling parent up to 2021.
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International perspective on UK foreign direct investment
Compares trends in implied rates of return on foreign direct investment for the UK by industrial grouping with those for other countries.
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UK foreign direct investment, trends and analysis
Provides new estimates for 2018 covering: foreign direct investment (FDI) presented by the ultimate controlling parent approach and insights on the contributions of FDI businesses to the UK economy.
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Short-term economic indicators commentary
A summary of the short-term indicators published in early June 2018.
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National Accounts articles
National accounts improvements to mixed income estimates.
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