"Figure 2: The UK’s trade deficit narrowed in Quarter 2 2022 ","" "Contributions to the UK’s trade balance, £ billion, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. Caution should be taken when interpreting these data as HM Revenue and Customs changed the collection methods for EU trade from January 2022. Our article, [Impact of trade in goods data collection changes on UK trade statistics: 2021 to 2022](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/articles/impactoftradeingoodsdatacollectionchangesonuktradestatistics/2021to2022), and further information in our [UK Trade bulletin](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/uktrade/july2022#changes-affecting-uk-trade-statistics), provide more detail." "Unit","£ billion " "","" "","Trade in goods","Trade in services","Total Trade in goods and services ","Total trade in goods and services including precious metals" "2019 Q3","-33.8","29.1","-4.7","-5.8" "2019 Q4","-32.8","29.9","-2.9","9.0" "2020 Q1","-32.3","35.5","3.2","3.0" "2020 Q2","-24.8","35.9","11.1","20.4" "2020 Q3","-34.3","34.0","-0.3","-0.8" "2020 Q4","-44.2","35.7","-8.5","-15.0" "2021 Q1","-31.3","34.8","3.6","-4.2" "2021 Q2","-32.8","33.7","0.9","2.3" "2021 Q3","-42.8","30.7","-12.1","-14.8" "2021 Q4","-41.8","37.1","-4.7","-1.0" "2022 Q1","-60.9","35.6","-25.3","-32.2" "2022 Q2","-61.1","36.1","-25.0","-26.2"