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Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA
£ -11,552 m
2022 MAR
- Release date:
- 12 May 2022
- Next release:
- 13 June 2022

UK trade: March 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- Total imports of goods, excluding precious metals, increased by £4.4 billion (9.3%) in March 2022, because of a £2.4 billion (9.9%) rise in imports from non-EU countries while imports from EU countries rose by £2.0 billion (8.6%).
- Total exports of goods, excluding precious metals, increased by £0.6 billion (2.1%) in March 2022, driven by a £0.4 billion (2.6%) increase in exports to non-EU countries while exports to EU countries increased by £0.3 billion (1.7%).
- The total trade in goods and services deficit, excluding precious metals, widened by £14.9 billion to £25.2 billion in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2022, reaching the largest deficit since records began in 1997.
UK services trade by business characteristics
Breakdown of UK trade in services by business characteristics (size and ownership), industry and region, on a balance of payments basis using a new experimental dataset.
Time series related to International trade
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£ -32,528 m 2022 Q1
- Release date:
- 12 May 2022
- Next release:
- 30 June 2022
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£ 67,639 m 2022 MAR
- Release date:
- 12 May 2022
- Next release:
- 13 June 2022
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£ 163,751 m 2022 Q1
- Release date:
- 12 May 2022
- Next release:
- 30 June 2022
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£ -10,093 m 2022 MAR
- Release date:
- 12 May 2022
- Next release:
- 13 June 2022
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£ -8,046 m 2022 MAR
- Release date:
- 12 May 2022
- Next release:
- 13 June 2022
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£ -13,804 m 2022 MAR
- Release date:
- 12 May 2022
- Next release:
- 13 June 2022
Datasets related to International trade
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International trade in services
Detailed breakdown of annual trade in UK services estimates, analysing data by country, product and industry.
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UK trade in goods by classification of product by activity time series
Quarterly and annual time series of the value of UK imports and exports of goods grouped by product. Goods are attributed to the activity of which they are the principal products.
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UK trade time series
Monthly value of UK exports and imports of goods and services by current price, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
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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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Balance of payments time series
Quarterly summary of balance of payments accounts including the current account, capital transfers, transactions and levels of UK external assets and liabilities.
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Trade in goods: all countries, seasonally adjusted
The annual, quarterly and monthly goods export and import figures for all countries with the UK.
Publications related to International trade
Statistical bulletins
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UK trade: March 2022
Total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services in current prices, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
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UK Trade in Goods by Classification of Product by Activity CPA(08): Quarter 2 (April to June) 2015
The value of UK exports and imports of goods grouped by industry. Goods are attributed to the industry of which they are the principal products.
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International trade in services, UK: 2018
Product, industry and geographical annual breakdowns of imports and exports of services, excluding travel, transport and banking sectors.
Articles
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Who does the UK trade with?
Explore the UK's trade relationships through interactive maps, charts and analysis.
Methodology related to International trade
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