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BoP Current Account Balance SA £m
£ -19,402 m
2022 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2022
- Next release:
- 31 March 2023

UK trade: November 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- 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.
Time series related to Balance of payments
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£ -19,402 m 2022 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2022
- Next release:
- 31 March 2023
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-3.1 2022 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2022
- Next release:
- 31 March 2023
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-1.7 2022 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2022
- Next release:
- 31 March 2023
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-0.6 2022 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2022
- Next release:
- 31 March 2023
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-0.8 2022 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2022
- Next release:
- 31 March 2023
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£ -151,417 m 2022 Q3
- Release date:
- 22 December 2022
- Next release:
- 31 March 2023
Datasets related to Balance of payments
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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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UK trade: goods and services publication tables (up until July 2018)
Monthly data on the UK's trade in goods and services, including trade inside and outside the EU. Up until July 2018.
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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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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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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.
Publications related to Balance of payments
Statistical bulletins
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UK Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: 2022
Balances between inward and outward transactions, providing a net flow of transactions between UK residents and the rest of the world and reports on how that flow is funded.
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Balance of payments, UK: July to September 2022
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: November 2022
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.
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Foreign direct investment involving UK companies: 2021
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, UK-resident special purpose entities
Experimental statistics estimating the foreign direct investment associated with special purpose entities (SPEs) in the UK in 2020 and 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.
Methodology related to Balance of payments
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