"Figure 2: The UK’s trade deficit widened in Quarter 3 2021","" "Contributions to the UK’s trade balance, £ billion, Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2021","" "","" "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)." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Trade in goods","Trade in services","Total trade in goods and services","Total Trade in goods and services (including precious metals)" "2018 Q4","-38.5","29.4","-9.1","-9.1" "2019 Q1","-40.6","28.4","-12.2","-23.2" "2019 Q2","-35.8","28.5","-7.2","-8.4" "2019 Q3","-30.7","30.0","-0.7","-1.8" "2019 Q4","-29.9","30.6","0.6","12.6" "2020 Q1","-31.4","32.7","1.3","1.1" "2020 Q2","-24.8","31.8","7.0","16.3" "2020 Q3","-33.3","32.5","-0.8","-1.3" "2020 Q4","-42.1","35.3","-6.8","-13.3" "2021 Q1","-31.8","33.1","1.4","-6.4" "2021 Q2","-35.7","31.2","-4.5","-3.0" "2021 Q3","-43.3","35.2","-8.2","-10.9"