Balance of payments accounts and detailed statistics for the current account including - trade in goods and services, income, current and capital transfers, transactions in UK external assets and liabilities.
Publications
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UK Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: 2019
Balances between inward and outward transactions, providing a net flow of transactions between UK residents and the rest of the world and reports on how that flow is funded.
Data
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07 Financial account, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on the financial account including direct, portfolio and other investment summaries and sector analysis, reserve assets for central government and financial derivatives.
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06 Capital account, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on the capital account.
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05 Secondary income, The Pink Book
Detailed statistics on secondary income.
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03 Trade in services, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on trade in services including transport, travel, insurance and pensions, financial, telecommunication and computer, cultural and recreational, and government.
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UK Balance of Payments – The Pink Book time series
Annual time series data for the UK Balance of Payments.
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10 Geographical breakdown of the UK international investment position, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on the geographical breakdown of the UK international investment position including by type of investment, by assets and liabilities and net.
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08 International investment position, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on the international investment position including direct, portfolio and other investment balance sheets and sector analysis, reserve assets for central government and financial derivatives.
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09 Geographical breakdown of the current account, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on the geographical breakdown of the current account including trade in goods and services, primary and secondary income and transactions with Europe and the US.
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01 Summary of Balance of Payments, The Pink Book
A summary of annual balance of payments accounts, international investment position, financial account and investment income and statistics for the current account.
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04 Primary income, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on primary income including direct investment, portfolio investment, other investment and sector analysis.
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02 Trade in goods, The Pink Book
Detailed annual statistics on trade in goods including summary and adjustments on a balance of payments basis.
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Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:
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Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.