United Kingdom Goods Trade Balance

The UK goods trade deficit widened to GBP 9.14 billion in July 2019 from an upwardly revised GBP 8.92 billion in the previous month and below market expectations of a GBP 9.6 billion shortfall. Shipments rose 3.5 percent to GBP 31.1 billion and purchases advanced 3.3 percent to GBP 40.2 billion. Goods Trade Balance in the United Kingdom averaged -3451.41 GBP Million from 1970 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 775 GBP Million in January of 1981 and a record low of -15897 GBP Million in February of 2019.

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United Kingdom Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-219.00	-132.00	2946.00	-7026.00	GBP Million	[+]
Current Account	-30045.00	-23707.00	2654.00	-32163.00	GBP Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-3.90	-3.30	2.60	-5.20	percent	[+]
Imports	55300.00	53845.00	62200.00	1031.00	GBP Million	[+]
Exports	55081.00	53713.00	55669.00	962.00	GBP Million	[+]
External Debt	6432146.00	6621492.00	6621492.00	565439.00	GBP Million	[+]
Capital Flows	16784.00	34972.00	40569.00	-15043.00	GBP Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	-15010.00	15947.00	82539.00	-44536.00	GBP Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	310.29	310.30	588.27	310.25	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	1050.00	1019.00	2821.00	1.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	5.61	5.10	5.68	4.19		[+]
Tourism Revenues	2060.00	1600.00	3014.00	126.00	GBP Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	3280.00	3070.00	4043.00	540.00	Thousand	[+]
Goods Trade Balance	-9144.00	-8920.00	775.00	-15897.00	GBP Million	[+]
Weapons Sales	741.00	1235.00	5966.00	741.00	USD Million	[+]

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In the UK, goods trade balance is equal to goods exports less goods imports. This page provides - United Kingdom Goods Trade Balance- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Goods Trade Balance - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.