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October 15, 2026UK TRADE BALANCE, AUGUST 2026 
Month-over-month (August vs July 2026, seasonally adjusted)
The United Kingdom (UK) goods and services trade deficit narrowed by £1.4 billion to £0.9 billion in August. Exports of goods and services increased 0.1% (£0.1 billion) to £82.3 billion and imports of goods and services decreased 1.5% (£1.3 billion) to £83.3 billion.
The UK goods trade deficit narrowed by £1.3 billion to £18.0 billion. Exports of goods decreased 0.1% (£0.05 billion) to £36.2 billion and imports of goods decreased 2.4% (£1.3 billion) to £54.2 billion.
The UK services trade surplus increased by £0.1 billion to £17.1 billion. Exports of services increased 0.4% (£0.2 billion) to £46.1 billion while imports of services increased 0.2% (£0.1 billion) at £29.1 billion.
Year-over-year (August 2026 vs August 2025, seasonally adjusted)
The UK goods and services trade balance deficit narrowed by £1.2 billion from August 2025 to £0.9 billion in August 2026. The goods trade deficit narrowed by £0.6 billion and the services trade surplus widened by £0.6 billion.
UK trading partners
Month-over-month (August vs July 2026, seasonally adjusted)
The UK-EU goods trade deficit widened by £1.6 billion to £12.7 billion. Exports of goods decreased by 6.9% (£1.2 billion) to £15.9 billion and imports of goods increased by 1.5% (£0.4 billion) to £28.6 billion.
The UK-non-EU goods trade deficit narrowed by £2.9 billion to £5.3 billion. Exports of goods increased 5.9% (£1.1 billion) to £20.3 billion and imports of goods decreased 6.4% (£1.8 billion) to £25.6 billion.
Year-over-year (August 2026 vs August 2025, seasonally adjusted)
The UK-EU goods trade deficit widened by £0.3 billion and non-EU goods trade deficit narrowed by £0.9 billion.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Press release | UK trade time series
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