"Figure 1: The UK’s current account deficit narrowed in Quarter 4 2019","" "Contributions to the UK’s current account balance as a percentage of gross domestic product, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 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. Sum of components may not sum to total because of rounding." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Total secondary income ","Total primary income","Trade in services","Trade in goods","Current Account ","Current Account balance excluding precious metals" "2017 Q1","-1.0","-0.8","5.2","-6.6","-3.2","-3.3" "2017 Q2","-1.4","-1.5","5.3","-6.5","-4.0","-3.9" "2017 Q3","-1.1","-1.1","5.6","-6.7","-3.4","-3.4" "2017 Q4","-0.9","-1.3","5.3","-6.4","-3.3","-3.2" "2018 Q1","-1.1","-1.2","5.1","-6.2","-3.4","-3.3" "2018 Q2","-1.1","-1.1","5.1","-6.3","-3.5","-3.3" "2018 Q3","-1.3","-1.1","5.2","-6.4","-3.6","-3.5" "2018 Q4","-1.2","-1.8","5.1","-7.1","-4.9","-4.9" "2019 Q1","-1.3","-1.1","5.0","-9.0","-6.4","-4.4" "2019 Q2","-1.3","-1.4","4.8","-6.3","-4.2","-4.0" "2019 Q3","-1.3","-1.8","4.8","-5.4","-3.6","-3.4" "2019 Q4","-1.1","-1.3","4.2","-2.8","-1.0","-3.1"