"Figure 8: Trade balances as a percentage of nominal gross domestic product","" "UK, 1997 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% of nominal gross domestic product" "","" "","Trade in goods balance","Trade in services balance","Total trade balance" "1997","-1.3","1.8","0.5" "1998","-2.2","1.5","-0.7" "1999","-2.8","1.3","-1.4" "2000","-3.2","1.3","-1.9" "2001","-3.9","1.5","-2.4" "2002","-4.2","1.4","-2.8" "2003","-4.1","1.7","-2.4" "2004","-4.6","2.1","-2.6" "2005","-5","2.5","-2.5" "2006","-5.3","3","-2.3" "2007","-5.7","3.5","-2.3" "2008","-5.8","3.3","-2.5" "2009","-5.5","3.7","-1.8" "2010","-6","3.8","-2.2" "2011","-5.7","4.6","-1.1" "2012","-6.3","4.8","-1.5" "2013","-6.8","5.1","-1.6" "2014","-6.6","5","-1.6" "2015","-6.2","4.8","-1.4" "2016","-6.7","5.2","-1.6" "2017","-6.7","5.5","-1.3"