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November 12, 2026UK TRADE BALANCE, SEPTEMBER 2026 
Month-over-month (September vs August 2026, seasonally adjusted)
The United Kingdom (UK) goods and services trade deficit widened by £2.6 billion to £5.1 billion in September. Exports of goods and services increased 2.7% (£2.2 billion) to £83.4 billion and imports of goods and services increased 5.7% (£4.8 billion) to £88.5 billion.
The UK goods trade deficit widened by £2.7 billion to £22.3 billion. Exports of goods increased 5.2% (£1.8 billion) to £36.8 billion and imports of goods increased 8.2% (£4.5 billion) to £59.0 billion.
The UK services trade surplus increased by £0.1 billion to £17.2 billion. Exports of services increased 0.8% (£0.4 billion) to £46.6 billion while imports of services increased 0.9% (£0.3 billion) at £29.5 billion.
Year-over-year (September 2026 vs September 2025, seasonally adjusted)
The UK goods and services trade balance deficit widened by £0.9 billion from September 2025 to £5.1 billion in September 2026. The goods trade deficit widened by £1.5 billion and the services trade surplus widened by £0.7 billion.
UK trading partners
Month-over-month (September vs August 2026, seasonally adjusted)
The UK-EU goods trade deficit widened by £0.5 billion to £13.3 billion. Exports of goods increased by 4.7% (£0.7 billion) to £16.7 billion and imports of goods increased by 4.4% (£1.3 billion) to £30.0 billion.
The UK-non-EU goods trade deficit widened by £2.2 billion to £9.0 billion. Exports of goods increased 5.6% (£1.1 billion) to £20.1 billion and imports of goods increased 12.5% (£3.2 billion) to £29.1 billion.
Year-over-year (September 2026 vs September 2025, seasonally adjusted)
The UK-EU goods trade deficit widened by £1.5 billion and non-EU goods trade deficit was unchanged year-over-year in September 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Press release | UK trade time series
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