"Figure 9: The trade deficit narrowed to 0.1% of nominal GDP in Quarter 3 2019, a more pronounced narrowing than previously estimated","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2018 to 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. 3. FQE refers to GDP first quarterly estimate, QNA refers to GDP quarterly national accounts. " "Unit","%" "","" "","FQE (Nov 19)","QNA (Dec 19)" "2018 Q1","-1.1","-1.1" "2018 Q2","-2.3","-1.3" "2018 Q3","-1.7","-1.2" "2018 Q4","-2","-2" "2019 Q1","-4.2","-4.2" "2019 Q2","-2.1","-2" "2019 Q3","-1.2","-0.1"