"Figure 1: The total trade balance, excluding precious metals, decreased to a deficit in the three months to May 2020","" "UK trade balances, three months on three months, May 2018 to May 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion, seasonally adjusted" "","" "","Goods balance","Services balance","Total trade balance","Total trade balance excluding precious metals" "2018 May","-35.871","26.7","-9.171","-6.787" "2018 Aug","-33.89","28.023","-5.867","-6.187" "2018 Nov","-35.149","27.604","-7.545","-7.643" "2019 Feb","-46.726","27.623","-19.103","-11.468" "2019 May","-42.44","26.96","-15.48","-8.962" "2019 Aug","-27.231","27.796","0.565","-1.396" "2019 Nov","-25.32","23.949","-1.371","-5.904" "2020 Feb","-18.969","28.584","9.615","3.491" "2020 May","-19.458","22.118","2.66","-1.667"