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BoP Current Account Balance SA £m
£ -26,286 m
2020 Q4
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- 31 March 2021
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- 30 June 2021
UK trade: August 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- The UK total trade surplus, excluding non-monetary gold and other precious metals, increased £3.8 billion to £7.7 billion in the three months to August 2020, as exports grew by £21.4 billion and imports grew by a lesser £17.5 billion.
- The widening of the total trade surplus in the three months to August 2020, excluding non-monetary gold and other precious metals, was driven by an £11.9 billion increase in services exports, compared with a lesser £8.9 billion increase in services imports.
- The underlying trade in goods deficit narrowed in the three months to August 2020 driven by fuels, exports increased by £0.5 billion and imports decreased by £0.8 billion.
Time series related to Balance of payments
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£ -26,286 m 2020 Q4
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- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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-4.8 2020 Q4
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- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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-2.4 2020 Q4
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- 31 March 2021
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- 30 June 2021
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-0.9 2020 Q4
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- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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-1.5 2020 Q4
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- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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£ -639,241 m 2020 Q4
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- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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: 2020
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: October to December 2020
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: February 2021
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: 2019
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 distribution, UK trends and analysis
Analysis of microdata on the distribution of foreign direct investment positions using the asset and liability measurement principle.
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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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