"Figure 7: The trade balances of both goods and services, excluding precious metals, widened in the three months to January 2023","" "UK trade balances, current prices, seasonally adjusted, three-month periods, January 2020 to January 2023","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ Billions" "","" "","Trade in goods balance (excluding precious metals)","Total trade balance (including precious metals)","Total trade balance (excluding precious metals)","Trade in services balance" "Jan 2020","-29.6","14.7","2.3","31.9" "Feb 2020","-29.8","9.1","3.7","33.4" "Mar 2020","-32.3","3.0","3.2","35.5" "Apr 2020","-29.6","8.2","6.6","36.2" "May 2020","-26.2","17.9","10.6","36.8" "Jun 2020","-24.5","20.4","11.4","35.9" "Jul 2020","-27.1","13.6","8.2","35.3" "Aug 2020","-29.9","6.0","4.5","34.4" "Sep 2020","-34.3","-0.8","-0.3","34.0" "Oct 2020","-38.2","-5.1","-4.2","34.0" "Nov 2020","-42.7","-10.9","-7.8","34.9" "Dec 2020","-44.0","-15.0","-8.3","35.7" "Jan 2021","-42.1","-16.1","-5.8","36.3" "Feb 2021","-39.5","-14.3","-3.1","36.4" "Mar 2021","-34.8","-5.9","1.9","36.7" "Apr 2021","-34.8","-1.5","0.9","35.7" "May 2021","-33.8","2.8","1.6","35.4" "Jun 2021","-36.5","-0.3","-1.8","34.7" "Jul 2021","-38.6","-5.5","-4.5","34.1" "Aug 2021","-42.5","-12.4","-9.5","33.0" "Sep 2021","-46.3","-16.2","-13.4","32.9" "Oct 2021","-46.0","-10.7","-11.3","34.7" "Nov 2021","-47.6","-7.2","-11.2","36.4" "Dec 2021","-46.3","-5.7","-9.4","36.9" "Jan 2022","-54.2","-19.8","-18.7","35.5" "Feb 2022","-57.0","-28.7","-22.5","34.5" "Mar 2022","-63.4","-36.5","-29.4","34.1" "Apr 2022","-62.2","-32.6","-27.8","34.4" "May 2022","-63.4","-31.2","-28.6","34.8" "Jun 2022","-62.8","-29.0","-27.4","35.4" "Jul 2022","-61.4","-24.5","-24.9","36.5" "Aug 2022","-64.0","-19.9","-26.3","37.7" "Sep 2022","-63.0","-10.9","-24.4","38.6" "Oct 2022","-62.7","-4.5","-24.1","38.6" "Nov 2022","-61.0","-1.8","-23.0","38.0" "Dec 2022","-64.0","-8.3","-26.8","37.2" "Jan 2023","-64.1","-15.3","-27.6","36.5"