"Figure 6: The trade in services surplus increased in 2020 as imports decreased by more than exports","" "Contributions to the trade in services balance by service type, 2005 to 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Manufacturing and maintenance services"," Transport"," Travel"," Construction"," Insurance and pension services"," Financial","Intellectual property"," Telecommunication, computer and information services"," Other business"," Personal, cultural and recreational services"," Government" "2005","1.2","0.6","-18.5","-0.2","8.5","23.9","2.3","3.6","18.1","1.0","-0.5" "2006","1.2","-0.4","-16.8","0.0","9.3","30.0","2.4","4.5","20.4","0.8","-0.6" "2007","1.6","-0.7","-18.2","0.0","9.9","39.3","3.5","4.9","21.1","0.3","-1.0" "2008","2.2","1.8","-20.4","-0.2","11.9","39.5","2.1","5.5","20.0","0.8","-1.5" "2009","2.2","0.0","-17.3","0.2","12.3","41.5","2.8","5.0","19.9","0.6","-1.9" "2010","2.6","0.1","-16.2","0.2","11.1","41.2","2.6","6.4","20.9","1.1","-2.0" "2011","2.7","1.9","-13.2","0.5","12.7","47.0","2.3","8.2","24.6","0.8","-1.5" "2012","3.2","2.7","-12.6","0.3","14.1","45.3","2.4","7.8","27.4","0.6","-1.4" "2013","3.3","1.8","-8.7","0.6","17.6","45.2","4.6","8.0","29.1","0.0","-1.3" "2014","3.7","0.7","-8.7","0.8","18.4","40.4","4.8","7.7","31.0","-0.2","-1.0" "2015","3.5","0.2","-10.5","0.7","13.3","41.7","5.4","9.4","32.0","0.2","-0.3" "2016","3.8","0.6","-13.2","0.9","16.4","45.9","5.7","10.7","35.9","0.0","-0.5" "2017","3.8","1.0","-13.0","0.9","15.8","47.7","7.6","12.3","39.3","-0.1","-1.3" "2018","3.7","-0.7","-16.3","0.6","16.2","48.9","7.6","14.0","40.7","0.4","-1.1" "2019","3.8","0.7","-14.0","0.3","16.3","45.9","6.9","13.8","43.7","0.8","-0.5" "2020","2.7","6.2","-1.7","-0.3","17.9","45.8","4.9","15.9","44.2","-1.4","-1.2"