"Figure 2: The widening goods deficit was partially offset by the widening of the services surplus in the three months to December 2018","" "UK trade balances, three-month on three-month, December 2016 to December 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion, seasonally adjusted " "","" "","Goods balance","Services balance","Total trade balance","Total trade balance excluding erratics" "2016 Dec","-32.54","28.31","-4.23","-6.59" "2017 Mar","-34.13","27.44","-6.68","-7.53" "2017 Jun","-34.43","27.46","-6.97","-6.04" "2017 Sep","-33.86","28.50","-5.37","-6.48" "2017 Dec","-34.62","29.70","-4.92","-4.94" "2018 Mar","-32.23","27.54","-4.68","-6.43" "2018 Jun","-34.66","26.88","-7.78","-7.83" "2018 Sep","-35.24","25.74","-9.50","-9.11" "2018 Dec","-36.67","26.31","-10.36","-12.87"