"Figure 2: The UK’s trade balance switched from a surplus in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021 to a small deficit in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021","" "Contributions to the UK’s trade balance, £ billion, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2018 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021","" "","" "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)." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Trade in goods","Trade in services","Total Trade in goods and services ","Total trade in goods and services excluding precious metals" "2018 Q3","-33.8","28.4","-5.4","-4.5" "2018 Q4","-38.5","29.4","-9.1","-9.1" "2019 Q1","-51.6","28.4","-23.2","-12.2" "2019 Q2","-36.9","28.5","-8.4","-7.2" "2019 Q3","-31.8","30.0","-1.8","-0.7" "2019 Q4","-18.0","30.6","12.6","0.6" "2020 Q1","-31.1","31.8","0.8","0.9" "2020 Q2","-15.3","33.0","17.8","8.5" "2020 Q3","-34.0","32.4","-1.6","-1.1" "2020 Q4","-48.4","35.7","-12.7","-6.2" "2021 Q1","-38.8","34.6","-4.1","3.6" "2021 Q2","-32.6","33.3","0.7","-0.9"