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class="padding-bottom-sm--2 padding-bottom-md--4"> <section class="wrapper"> <h2>Spotlight</h2> <div class="flex stretch flex-wrap-wrap content-space-between margin-bottom--2"> <div class="col--md-half col--lg-half margin-bottom--2 flex-col"> <div class="background--gallery margin-top-md--1 margin-bottom-md--2 js-hover-click"> <div class="background--abbey height-sm--35 height-md--26 height-lg--35 overflow--hidden"> <img src="//cdn.ons.gov.uk/assets/images/latest-publications.png" class="width-md--23 width-lg--29 height-md--26 height-lg--35" alt="" /> </div> <div class="box__content padding-top-sm--2 padding-right-sm--1 padding-bottom-sm--2 padding-left-sm--1 padding-top-md--2 padding-right-md--1 padding-bottom-md--2 padding-left-md--1"> <h3> <a class="underline-link" href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/bulletins/internationaltradeinuknationsregionsandcities/2021"> International trade in UK nations, regions and cities: 2021 </a> </h3> <h4>What's in the bulletin?</h4> <ul> <li>In 2021, there was a total trade surplus in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, led in each nation by the trade surplus in services.</li> <li>London’s trade surplus of £51.6 billion, offset the trade deficits in other English regions.</li> <li>The value of goods imported by the South East was higher than any UK region (£93.1 billion) in 2021, 57.5% of which were by the wholesale and motor trade industry.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="background--gallery box__content height--7 border-top--iron-sm border-top--iron-md padding-top-sm--1 padding-left-sm--1 padding-top-md--1 padding-left-md--1"> <a href="" class="block"> Read this statistical bulletin </a> </div> </div> <a href="#publications" class="btn btn--primary btn--full-width margin-top--2 js-scroll">More publications</a> </div> <div class="col--md-half col--lg-half margin-bottom--2 flex-col"> <div class="background--gallery margin-top-md--1 js-hover-click flex--1 flex flex-direction--column"> <div class="background--white width-md--23 width-lg--29 height-md--26 height-lg--35 margin-top-sm--0 margin-top-md--0 overflow--hidden"> <div class="width-md--23 width-lg--29 height-sm--35 height-md--26 height-lg--35 border-top--gallery-sm border-right--gallery-sm border-bottom--gallery-sm border-left--gallery-sm border-top--gallery-md border-right--gallery-md border-bottom--gallery-md border-left--gallery-md flush image-background"> <div class="sparkline" style="height:100%" data-sparkline-IKBJ data-uri="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/mret"> <noscript><![endif]--> <img class="img-sparkline js--hide" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/mret/sparklineimage" alt="Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA between 1997 JAN and 2024 SEP "> </noscript><![endif]--> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/mret/sparklineconfig"></script> </div> </div> <div class="flex--1 box__content padding-top-sm--2 padding-right-sm--1 padding-bottom-sm--2 padding-left-sm--1 padding-top-md--2 padding-right-md--1 padding-bottom-md--2 padding-left-md--1"> <h3> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/mret">Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA</a> </h3> <p class="margin-bottom-md--1"> </p> <p class="stand-out"> £ -3,462 m </p> <p class="stand-out--list"> 2024 SEP </p> <dl> <dt>Release date: </dt> <dd>15 November 2024</dd> <dt>Next release: </dt> <dd>13 December 2024</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="background--gallery box__content height--7 border-top--iron-sm border-top--iron-md padding-top-sm--1 padding-left-sm--1 padding-top-md--1 padding-left-md--1 more-link"> <a href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/mret" class="block">View this data</a> </div> </div> <a href="#timeseries" class="btn btn--primary btn--full-width margin-top margin-bottom-sm--4 js-scroll">More data</a> </div> <div class="flex-col background--gallery padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--1 js-hover-click"> <div class="col col--md-30 col--lg-38 margin-left--0"> <div class="box__content "> <h4> <a class="underline-link" href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/bulletins/ukservicestradebybusinesscharacteristics/2016to2018"> UK services trade by business characteristics </a> </h4> <p class="flush"> 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. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="underline-link" href="#main">Back to top</a> </section> </div> <div class="background--gallery padding-bottom-sm--2 padding-bottom-md--4"> <section> <div class="wrapper"> <h2 id="timeseries">Time series related to <span class="lowercase">International trade</span></h2> <ul class="list--neutral margin-top--half"> <li class="col-wrap background--white padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--1 flush-col js-hover-click"> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-27"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/pn2">Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA</a> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-14"> <div style="height:96px;"> <div class="sparkline" style="height:100%" data-sparkline-IKBJ data-uri="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/pn2"> <noscript><![endif]--> <img class="img-sparkline js--hide" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/pn2/sparklineimage" alt="Total Trade (TT): WW: Balance: BOP: CP: SA between 1955 Q1 and 2024 Q3 "> </noscript><![endif]--> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbj/pn2/sparklineconfig"></script> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-13 col--lg-18"> <div class="tiles__content"> <span class="tiles__preunit tiles__preunit--list">£</span> <span class="tiles__figure tiles__figure--list">-10,565</span> <span class="tiles__unit tiles__unit--list"> m</span> <span class="stat__description"> 2024 Q3 </span> <dl class="tiles__dl"> <dt class="tiles__dt">Release date:</dt> <dd class="flush">15 November 2024</dd> <dt class="tiles__dt">Next release:</dt> <dd class="flush">23 December 2024</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-wrap background--white padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--1 flush-col js-hover-click"> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-27"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbi/mret">Total Trade (TT): WW: Imports: BOP: CP: SA</a> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-14"> <div style="height:96px;"> <div class="sparkline" style="height:100%" data-sparkline-IKBI data-uri="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbi/mret"> <noscript><![endif]--> <img class="img-sparkline js--hide" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbi/mret/sparklineimage" alt="Total Trade (TT): WW: Imports: BOP: CP: SA between 1997 JAN and 2024 SEP "> </noscript><![endif]--> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbi/mret/sparklineconfig"></script> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-13 col--lg-18"> <div class="tiles__content"> <span class="tiles__preunit tiles__preunit--list">£</span> <span class="tiles__figure tiles__figure--list">71,666</span> <span class="tiles__unit tiles__unit--list"> m</span> <span class="stat__description"> 2024 SEP </span> <dl class="tiles__dl"> <dt class="tiles__dt">Release date:</dt> <dd class="flush">15 November 2024</dd> <dt class="tiles__dt">Next release:</dt> <dd class="flush">13 December 2024</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-wrap background--white padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--1 flush-col js-hover-click"> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-27"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbh/pn2">Total Trade (TT): WW: Exports: BOP: CP: SA</a> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-14"> <div style="height:96px;"> <div class="sparkline" style="height:100%" data-sparkline-IKBH data-uri="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbh/pn2"> <noscript><![endif]--> <img class="img-sparkline js--hide" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbh/pn2/sparklineimage" alt="Total Trade (TT): WW: Exports: BOP: CP: SA between 1955 Q1 and 2024 Q3 "> </noscript><![endif]--> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/ikbh/pn2/sparklineconfig"></script> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-13 col--lg-18"> <div class="tiles__content"> <span class="tiles__preunit tiles__preunit--list">£</span> <span class="tiles__figure tiles__figure--list">209,910</span> <span class="tiles__unit tiles__unit--list"> m</span> <span class="stat__description"> 2024 Q3 </span> <dl class="tiles__dl"> <dt class="tiles__dt">Release date:</dt> <dd class="flush">15 November 2024</dd> <dt class="tiles__dt">Next release:</dt> <dd class="flush">23 December 2024</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-wrap background--white padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--1 flush-col js-hover-click"> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-27"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87q/mret">Trade in Goods (T): EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA</a> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-14"> <div style="height:96px;"> <div class="sparkline" style="height:100%" data-sparkline-L87Q data-uri="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87q/mret"> <noscript><![endif]--> <img class="img-sparkline js--hide" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87q/mret/sparklineimage" alt="Trade in Goods (T): EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA between 1997 JAN and 2024 SEP "> </noscript><![endif]--> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87q/mret/sparklineconfig"></script> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-13 col--lg-18"> <div class="tiles__content"> <span class="tiles__preunit tiles__preunit--list">£</span> <span class="tiles__figure tiles__figure--list">-11,008</span> <span class="tiles__unit tiles__unit--list"> m</span> <span class="stat__description"> 2024 SEP </span> <dl class="tiles__dl"> <dt class="tiles__dt">Release date:</dt> <dd class="flush">15 November 2024</dd> <dt class="tiles__dt">Next release:</dt> <dd class="flush">13 December 2024</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-wrap background--white padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--1 flush-col js-hover-click"> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-27"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/n3c4/mret">Trade in Goods: EMU(19): Balance: BOP: CP: SA</a> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-14"> <div style="height:96px;"> <div class="sparkline" style="height:100%" data-sparkline-N3C4 data-uri="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/n3c4/mret"> <noscript><![endif]--> <img class="img-sparkline js--hide" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/n3c4/mret/sparklineimage" alt="Trade in Goods: EMU(19): Balance: BOP: CP: SA between 1997 JAN and 2024 SEP "> </noscript><![endif]--> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/n3c4/mret/sparklineconfig"></script> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-13 col--lg-18"> <div class="tiles__content"> <span class="tiles__preunit tiles__preunit--list">£</span> <span class="tiles__figure tiles__figure--list">-9,578</span> <span class="tiles__unit tiles__unit--list"> m</span> <span class="stat__description"> 2024 SEP </span> <dl class="tiles__dl"> <dt class="tiles__dt">Release date:</dt> <dd class="flush">15 November 2024</dd> <dt class="tiles__dt">Next release:</dt> <dd class="flush">13 December 2024</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-wrap background--white padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--1 flush-col js-hover-click"> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-27"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87k/pn2">Trade in Goods (T): Non-EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA</a> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-15 col--lg-14"> <div style="height:96px;"> <div class="sparkline" style="height:100%" data-sparkline-L87K data-uri="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87k/pn2"> <noscript><![endif]--> <img class="img-sparkline js--hide" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87k/pn2/sparklineimage" alt="Trade in Goods (T): Non-EU: Balance: BOP: CP: SA between 1997 Q1 and 2024 Q3 "> </noscript><![endif]--> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/timeseries/l87k/pn2/sparklineconfig"></script> </div> </div> <div class="col col--md-13 col--lg-18"> <div class="tiles__content"> <span class="tiles__figure tiles__figure--list">-16,883</span> <span class="stat__description"> 2024 Q3 </span> <dl class="tiles__dl"> <dt class="tiles__dt">Release date:</dt> <dd class="flush">15 November 2024</dd> <dt class="tiles__dt">Next release:</dt> <dd class="flush">23 December 2024</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <a href="/timeseriestool?topic=/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade" class="btn btn--primary btn--full-width margin-bottom--2">View all time series related to International trade</a> <a class="underline-link" href="#main">Back to top</a> </div> </section> </div> <div class="padding-bottom-sm--2 padding-bottom-md--4"> <section> <div class="wrapper"> <h2 id="datasets">Datasets related to <span class="lowercase">International trade</span></h2> <ul class="list--neutral margin-top--half"> <li class="background--gallery flush-col padding-top--2 padding-bottom--4 padding-left--1 js-hover-click"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/datasets/internationaltradeinservicesreferencetables"> International trade in services </a> </h3> <p class="flush">Detailed breakdown of annual trade in UK services estimates, analysed by country, product and industry.</p> </div> <li class="background--gallery flush-col padding-top--2 padding-bottom--4 padding-left--1 js-hover-click"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/datasets/uktradeingoodsbyclassificationofproductbyactivity"> UK trade in goods by classification of product by activity time series </a> </h3> <p class="flush">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.</p> </div> <li class="background--gallery flush-col padding-top--2 padding-bottom--4 padding-left--1 js-hover-click"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/tradeingoodsmretsallbopeu2013timeseriesspreadsheet"> UK trade time series </a> </h3> <p class="flush">Monthly value of UK exports and imports of goods and services by current price, chained volume measures and implied deflators.</p> </div> <li class="background--gallery flush-col padding-top--2 padding-bottom--4 padding-left--1 js-hover-click"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/pinkbook"> UK Balance of Payments – The Pink Book time series </a> </h3> <p class="flush">Annual time series data for the UK Balance of Payments.</p> </div> <li class="background--gallery flush-col padding-top--2 padding-bottom--4 padding-left--1 js-hover-click"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/balanceofpayments"> Balance of payments time series </a> </h3> <p class="flush">Quarterly summary of balance of payments accounts including the current account, capital transfers, transactions and levels of UK external assets and liabilities.</p> </div> <li class="background--gallery flush-col padding-top--2 padding-bottom--4 padding-left--1 js-hover-click"> <div class="box__content"> <h3 class="font-size--h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/uktradeallcountriesseasonallyadjusted"> Trade in goods: all countries, seasonally adjusted </a> </h3> <p class="flush">The annual, quarterly and monthly goods export and import figures for all countries within the UK.</p> </div> </ul> <a href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/datalist?filter=datasets" class="btn btn--primary btn--full-width margin-bottom--2">View all datasets related to International trade</a> <a class="underline-link" href="#main">Back to top</a> </div> </section> </div> <div class="background--gallery padding-bottom-sm--2 padding-bottom-md--4"> <section> <div class="wrapper"> <h2 id="publications">Publications related to <span class="lowercase">International trade</span></h2> <h3>Statistical bulletins</h3> <ul class="list--neutral"> <li class="background--white padding-left-sm--0 padding-top--2 js-hover-click"> <h4 class="tiles__title tiles__title-h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/bulletins/internationaltradeinuknationsregionsandcities/2021"> International trade in UK nations, regions and cities: 2021 </a> </h4> <p class="tiles__content"> Experimental estimated value of exports and imports of goods and services for 2021 for International Territory Levels 1, 2 and 3, and city regions. Includes EU and non-EU split along with data for top 20 partner countries. </p> </li> <li class="background--white padding-left-sm--0 padding-top--2 js-hover-click"> <h4 class="tiles__title tiles__title-h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/bulletins/shipcrossingsthroughglobalmaritimepassages/january2022toapril2024"> Ship crossings through global maritime passages: January 2022 to April 2024 </a> </h4> <p class="tiles__content"> Estimates of the volume of maritime crossings through six global maritime passages between January 2022 and April 2024, broken down by ship type. The analysed passages are: the Strait of Dover, Suez Canal, Bab-Al Mandab Strait, Strait of Hormuz, Cape of Good Hope and Taiwan Strait. These are official statistics in development. </p> </li> <li class="background--white padding-left-sm--0 padding-top--2 js-hover-click"> <h4 class="tiles__title tiles__title-h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/uktrade/september2024"> UK trade: September 2024 </a> </h4> <p class="tiles__content"> Total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services in current prices, chained volume measures and implied deflators. </p> </li> <li class="background--white padding-left-sm--0 padding-top--2 js-hover-click"> <h4 class="tiles__title tiles__title-h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/uktradeingoodsbyclassificationofproductbyactivitycpa08/2015-09-14"> UK Trade in Goods by Classification of Product by Activity CPA(08): Quarter 2 (April to June) 2015 </a> </h4> <p class="tiles__content"> 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. </p> </li> <li class="background--white padding-left-sm--0 padding-top--2 js-hover-click"> <h4 class="tiles__title tiles__title-h4"> <a class="underline-link" href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/bulletins/internationaltradeinservices/2018"> International trade in services, UK: 2018 </a> </h4> <p class="tiles__content"> Product, industry and geographical annual breakdowns of imports and exports of services, excluding travel, transport and banking sectors. </p> </li> </ul> <a href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/publications?filter=bulletin" class="btn btn--primary btn--full-width">View all related statistical bulletins</a> <h3>Articles</h3> <ul class="list--neutral"> <li class="background--white padding-top--2 padding-bottom--2 padding-left-sm--0 js-hover-click"> <div class="col-wrap margin-left--1 padding-right-sm--2"> <div class="col col--md-30 col--lg-38 margin-left--0"> <div 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trade relationships through interactive maps, charts and analysis. </p> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <a href="/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/publications?filter=article&filter=compendia" class="btn btn--primary btn--full-width">View all related articles</a> <div class="margin-top--2"> <a class="underline-link" href="#main">Back to top</a> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="wrapper margin-top"> <section class="flex stretch flex-wrap-wrap content-space-between"> <div class="col--lg-two-thirds flex-col margin-bottom-sm--2 margin-bottom-md--4"> <div class="background--mercury margin-top--0 margin-left-md--0 margin-bottom-sm--2 padding-top--0 padding-right--0 padding-bottom--2 padding-left--0"> <div class="background--gallery padding-top--0 padding-left--0 padding-right--0"> <h2 id="methodology" class="tiles__title-h2 tiles__title-h2--nav font-size--h3">Methodology related to <span class="lowercase">International trade</span></h2> </div> <div 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