UK Trade in Numbers Summary Latest Period 2018
Summary (latest period*)
UK Total trade (Year ending Dec 2018*) £1,291.0bn (up 2.5%)
Source: ONS UK Trade (December 2018)
of which (as % change since 2017):
Imports: £661.7bn (up 3.1%)
Exports: £629.4bn (up 1.9%)
Goods: £838.8bn (up 3.0%)
Services: £452.3bn (up 1.7%)
Source: ONS UK Trade (December 2018)
(Year ending Sept 2018*
EU: £637.3bn (up 4.6%)
Non-EU: £643.9bn (up 1.0%)
Source: ONS Balance of Payments (July to September 2018)
2018
Trade as % of GDP 61.1% (down -0.4 ppts)
Trade deficit as % of GDP 1.5% (up 0.4 ppts)
Exports as a % of GDP 29.8% (down -0.4 ppts)
Source: ONS UK Trade (December 2018) and ONS GDP first quarterly estimate, UK (January to March 2018)
*Figures provided are for the latest 12 month period for which data are available (whilst figures in brackets show the change compared to previous 12 months where applicable).
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