"Figure 8: The trade deficit narrowed to 1.2% of nominal GDP in Quarter 3 2019","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 and Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. The trade deficit is calculated using current price estimates of GDP and net trade. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Trade balance including unspecified goods","Trade balance excluding unspecified goods" "2017 Q1 ","-1.4","-1.5" "2017 Q2 ","-1.1","-1.1" "2017 Q3 ","-1.1","-1.1" "2017 Q4","-1.1","-1" "2018 Q1","-1.1","-1" "2018 Q2","-2.3","-2" "2018 Q3","-1.7","-1.5" "2018 Q4","-2","-2.2" "2019 Q1","-4.2","-2.3" "2019 Q2","-2.1","-1.8" "2019 Q3","-1.2","-1.2"