"Figure 4: The trade balance has been revised up in the majority of years ","" "Revisions to the trade balance, UK, 1997 to 2016","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% of GDP" "","" "","Blue Book 2018","Blue Book 2019" "1997","0.5","0.5" "1998","-0.7","-0.6" "1999","-1.4","-1.4" "2000","-1.9","-1.7" "2001","-2.4","-2.2" "2002","-2.8","-2.6" "2003","-2.4","-2.2" "2004","-2.6","-2.5" "2005","-2.5","-2.4" "2006","-2.3","-2.1" "2007","-2.3","-2.0" "2008","-2.5","-2.2" "2009","-1.8","-1.6" "2010","-2.2","-2.0" "2011","-1.1","-0.9" "2012","-1.5","-1.2" "2013","-1.6","-1.3" "2014","-1.6","-1.4" "2015","-1.4","-1.4" "2016","-1.6","-1.6"