Monthly value of UK exports and imports of goods and services by current price, chained volume measures and implied deflators.

Over **** of the United Kingdom's exports went to countries in Europe in 2024. European countries were collectively the main import market for the UK, with **** percent originating from there. Trade to countries in the Asia-Pacific region accounted for **** percent of imports and **** percent of exports.

In the first quarter of 2025, the United Kingdom had a trade deficit of 10.6 billion British pounds, due to a 59 billion pound deficit in goods trade offset by a 48 billion pound trade surplus in services.

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The United Kingdom recorded a trade deficit of 5699 GBP Million in May of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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The value of service exports from the United Kingdom amounted to over 134 billion British pounds in the first quarter of 2025, compared with almost 86 billion pounds worth of services imported, giving the UK a service trade surplus of around 48.6 billion pounds.

Quarterly estimates of total trade, trade in goods, and trade in services by country, seasonally adjusted.

In the first quarter of 2025, the value of exports from the United Kingdom amounted to approximately 227 billion British pounds, while imports to the country amounted to around 238 billion pounds, resulting in a trade deficit of around 10.6 billion pounds in this quarter. During this time period, the value of UK exports was highest in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the value of imports peaking in the third quarter of 2022. The UK's main trade partners Despite the UK leaving the EU in 2020 following the Brexit referendum of 2016, Europe remains the main destination for UK exports, with almost half of UK exports heading there in 2023. During the same year, just over 60 percent of imports came from European countries, compared with around 17.9 percent from countries in Asia, and 11.8 percent from the Americas. In terms of individual countries, the United States was the UK's leading export partner for both goods and services from the UK, while Germany was the main source of UK goods imports, and the U.S. for service imports. It is as yet unclear how the return of Donald Trump to the White House will impact UK/US trade relations, should the President follow through with threats made on the campaign trail to increase trade tariffs. Brexit rethink under Starmer? Although generally more pro-European than the previous government, the new Labour government, led by Keir Starmer, does not plan to rejoin the European Union, or the Single Market. Public opinion, while gradually turning against Brexit recently, has not coalesced around a particular trading relationship. In late 2023, a survey indicated that while 31 percent of British adults wanted to rejoin the EU, a further 30 percent wanted to simply improve relations with the EU, instead of rejoining. Just 11 percent of respondents wanted to join the single market but not the EU, while 10 percent were happy with the relationship as it was. At the start of 2025, after several months in office, the new government has not signalled any major change in direction regarding on this, but has broadly signalled it wants a better relationship with the EU.

This information has been provided to help people who want to trade access to water either by being a donor or receiving. Trades require prior approval by the Environment Agency to protect the environment and the rights of other lawful water users. Other factors that affect viability of a trade include how the sites are connected by natural water systems such as rivers or groundwater. In providing this information, the Environment Agency does not guarantee that a trade will be approved. Our assessment makes no suggestion as to whether or not a licence holder is willing to agree to a trade. Any assessment of the quantity of water abstracted under licences does not include records of water abstracted since 31 December 2024. Information on certain licences has been excluded to protect national security and those that are not required to submit returns to the Environment Agency, including those that abstract less than 100 m3/d. Unless agreed in writing with the Environment Agency you must comply with the conditions of your abstraction licence. Care should be taken when interpreting those cases where a licence authorises abstraction for multiple purposes and/or from multiple points. The maximum quantities concern the licence in its entirety. Please note: licences which are part of the Restoring Sustainable Abstraction initiative are included in the map for reference purposes. However, they will not be suitable for actual trading activities. Licence information is up to date as of 1st January 2025. Further information on water rights trading can be found at Trade water abstraction rights - GOV.UK (http://www.gov.uk). Please contact water_abstractiondigital@environment-agency.gov.uk with any queries.

EU UK: Trade Balance data was reported at -11,411.400 EUR mn in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of -13,005.300 EUR mn for Apr 2018. EU UK: Trade Balance data is updated monthly, averaging -9,799.500 EUR mn from Jan 1999 (Median) to May 2018, with 233 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,630.000 EUR mn in May 2013 and a record low of -23,833.700 EUR mn in Sep 2016. EU UK: Trade Balance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Eurostat: Trade Balance.

Monthly data on the UK's trade in goods and services, including trade inside and outside the EU. This replaces our previous dataset, UK trade: goods and services (up until July 2018).

The value of goods exported from the United Kingdom was over 92.7 billion British pounds in the first quarter of 2025, compared with 151.9 billion pounds worth of goods imported, resulting in a goods trade deficit of around 59 billion pounds.

The United Kingdom imports more services and goods from the European Union than exporting them. Although this has been the case since at least 1999, after 2011 the UK-EU trade balance has been more pronounced as the present statistic lays out. When it comes to the UK’s trade with non-EU countries, the picture is decidedly different. Since 2012, the value of UK exports to non-EU countries was higher than the imports, which resulted in a trade surplus. US biggest export market, but EU weighs heavier As of 2023, the UK’s largest export market was outside the European Union. Yet taken as a bloc, the European Union still accounts for a large chunk of the UK’s international trade. Among these, Germany, the Netherlands, and France rank as the main export partners of the UK. UK-EU trade: most important commodities Machinery and transport equipment were the biggest trade commodity exported by the UK to the EU countries in 2020. The value of such exports were roughly **** billion British pounds. In the same year, the UK imported more machinery and transport equipment from the EU than exported them. In total, the UK imported approximately **** billion British pounds worth of such equipment.