United Kingdom - Balance of Goods
United Kingdom: Balance of Goods
| Mnemonic | TRBG.IGBR | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | Mil. GBP, SA | |
| Adjustments | Seasonally Adjusted | |
| Monthly | 19.38 % | |
| Data | Mar 2026 | -27,218 |
| Feb 2026 | -22,799 | |
Series Information
| Source | U.K. Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
| Release | UK trade [foreign trade] |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Start Date | 1/31/1997 |
| End Date | 3/31/2026 |
United Kingdom: Trade
| Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance of Goods | Mar 2026 | -27,218 | -22,799 | Mil. GBP, SA | Monthly |
| Exports of Goods | Mar 2026 | 32,350 | 32,308 | Mil. GBP, SA | Monthly |
| Imports of Goods | Mar 2026 | 59,568 | 55,107 | Mil. GBP, SA | Monthly |
| Real Exports of Goods and Services | 2026 Q1 | 228,358 | 228,102 | Mil. Ch. 2023 GBP, SA | Quarterly |
| Real Imports of Goods and Services | 2026 Q1 | 246,717 | 245,131 | Mil. Ch. 2023 GBP, SA | Quarterly |
| Real Net Exports | 2026 Q1 | -18,359 | -17,029 | Mil. Ch. 2023 GBP, SA | Quarterly |
| Current Account Balance | 2025 Q4 | -18,392 | -10,689 | Mil. GBP, SA | Quarterly |
| Exports of Goods and Services | 2025 Q4 | 233,723 | 233,887 | Mil. GBP, SA | Quarterly |
| Imports of Goods and Services | 2025 Q4 | 245,884 | 239,722 | Mil. GBP, SA | Quarterly |
| Net Exports | 2025 Q4 | -12,161 | -5,835 | Mil. GBP, SA | Quarterly |
Release Information
For the U.K., external merchandise trade (imports and exports), detailed by commodity and country. In current prices, price indexes and volume indexes. Monthly, quarterly and annual.
Active:
- Framework: ESA 2010
- Classifications:
- By product - HS at 6 digits
- By commodity - SITC Rev. 3
- By end use - BEC Rev. 3
- By direction - ISO at 2 digits
- Measurements:
- Millions of British pounds at current prices (Mil. GBP)
- Fixed-base volume index relative to 2016 (Index 2016=100)
- Fixed-base price index relative to 2016 (Index 2016=100)
- Exchange rates (NCU per GBP)
- Adjustments:
- Seasonally adjusted (SA)
- Not seasonally adjusted (SA)
- Native frequencies:
- Monthly
- Quarterly
- Annual
- Start dates:
- As early as 1963m1
- As early as 1945Q1
- As early as 1945
Inactive:
- Beverages, tobacco - 1997 to 2023 (no archive specifier)
The release contains data showing the total value of trade in goods together with index numbers of volume and price, figures analyzed by broad commodity group (values and indices) and according to geographical area (values only). It also includes early monthly estimates of the value of trade in services.
Valuation is on a Balance of Payments (BoP) basis. Series are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified. Trade in goods data are classified according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC).
Chain-linked indexes (chained volume measures, CVM) which are indexed to form the volume series differ from fixed-base indexes in that the growth from one year to the next is estimated by weighting the components using the contribution to value of trade in the immediately preceding year (effectively re-basing every year). This series of annually re-weighted annual growths is then "chain-linked" to produce a continuous series.
The implied price deflators derived by comparing current-price data to CVM data are not the same as the price indexes published in this dataset: the former are current-weighted while the latter are base-weighted.
"Erratic items" comprise aircraft, ships, silver and previous stones.
Further reading
At the source:
At IMF DSBB (SDDS Plus):
- Merchandise trade (Jan 2024 / Jan 2024)
Copyright
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0.
- Sep 2005 - Initial version.
- Jan 2015 - Framework advanced to ESA 2010.
- Oct 2017 - Currency reference year advanced to 2015.
- 20 Nov 2023, Phillip Thorne - Change in corpus.