"Figure 4: The total trade deficit widened in the three months to October 2021","" "UK trade balances, excluding precious metals, three-month period, October 2018 to October 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion, seasonally adjusted" "","" "","Trade in goods balance (excluding precious metals)","Trade in services balance","Total trade balance (excluding precious metals)","Total trade balance" "Oct-18","-34.5","28.9","-5.6","-6.4" "Jan-19","-40.5","29.2","-11.3","-14.5" "Apr-19","-38.8","28.2","-10.6","-20.9" "Jul-19","-33.3","29.0","-4.3","-2.0" "Oct-19","-32.9","30.3","-2.6","-3.7" "Jan-20","-27.3","31.4","4.1","16.5" "Apr-20","-29.1","31.9","2.8","4.6" "Jul-20","-27.2","32.8","5.6","11.1" "Oct-20","-36.6","33.4","-3.2","-4.1" "Jan-21","-39.1","35.8","-3.3","-13.3" "Apr-21","-32.4","34.0","1.5","-0.9" "Jul-21","-34.7","34.1","-0.7","-1.6" "Oct-21","-40.9","35.7","-5.2","-6.7"