"Figure 4: The total trade deficit widened in the three months to July 2021","" "UK trade balances, excluding precious metals, three-month on three-month, July 2018 to July 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion, seasonally adjusted" "","" "","Trade in goods balance (excluding precious metals)","Total trade balance (excluding precious metals)","Total trade balance","Trade in services balance" "Jul-18","-32.1","-4.6","-4.2","27.5" "Oct-18","-33.0","-4.5","-5.3","28.5" "Jan-19","-39.1","-12.4","-15.6","26.6" "Apr-19","-37.3","-12.3","-22.6","25.0" "Jul-19","-32.7","-6.3","-4.0","26.4" "Oct-19","-30.5","-5.1","-6.3","25.4" "Jan-20","-25.4","2.2","14.7","27.6" "Apr-20","-28.2","-2.8","-1.1","25.4" "Jul-20","-25.6","0.8","6.3","26.4" "Oct-20","-33.7","-6.4","-7.9","27.3" "Jan-21","-38.0","-9.4","-11.5","28.5" "Apr-21","-31.5","-3.4","-2.9","28.1" "Jul-21","-33.4","-4.9","-5.8","28.5"