Balance of Payments Data

AS and A2 Macroeconomics
 £ Billion (billions)
Components of the UK Balance of Payments

Annual balances for each component, £ billion

75

50

Trade in Services

25

Investment income

Transfers

-25

Current account

-50

Trade in Goods

-75
 Sterling (£) (billions)
UK Balance of Trade in Goods and Services

Seasonally adjusted, quarterly trade balance, £ billion

20

15

10

Trade in services

Trade in goods

-5

-10

-15

-20

-25
 GBP (billions)
UK Trade Balance in Finished Manufactured Goods

Trade balance (Exports - Imports) £ billion per quarter, source: ONS

0.0

-2.5

-5.0

-7.5

-10.0

-12.5

-15.0
 GBP (billions)

USD/Barrel
UK Trade in Oil and Brent Crude Oil Price

Trade Balance £bn and Brent Crude ($s per barrel)

Annual UK balance of trade in oil

-2

-4

-6

100

90

80

70

60

Annual average price for Brent crude oil

50

40

30
 2006 GBP (billions)
United Kingdom Exports and Imports of Gas

£ billion - annual value of exports and imports at constant 2003 prices

25.0

22.5

Exports of Gas from the UK

20.0

17.5

15.0

12.5

Imports of Gas into the UK

10.0

7.5
 GBP (billions)
Selected Annual Trade Surpluses for the UK

£ billion per year

4.5

Architectural, Engineering

4.0

3.5

3.0

2.5

Research & Development

2.0

1.5

Legal Services

1.0

Advertising & Market Research

0.5
 GBP (billions)
UK Balance of Trade in Services

Quarterly trade balance, seasonally adjusted

12.5

10.0

7.5

5.0 Financial services

2.5

Royalties and license fees

0.0

Transportation

-2.5
Travel
 £ (billions)
UK Trade Balance with Selected Countries

Annual UK trade balance with Europe, Asia and the USA

30

20

10

USA

Asia

Total Europe

-10

-20

-30

-40
 GBP (billions)
United Kingdom Exports to the BRIC Nations

Annual value of exports at current prices, £ billion

5.5

5.0

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5
 GBP (billions)
UK, Exports to and Imports from China

£ billion per month, trade in goods and services

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

Imports from China

1.0

0.5 Exports to China

 £ (billions)
UK Trade Balance in Goods & Services with China

Annual balance of trade, £ billion

0.0

-2.5

-5.0

-7.5

-10.0

-12.5

-15.0

-17.5
 GBP (billions)
Net Investment Income from UK External Assets

£ billion per quarter, seasonally adjusted

15.0

12.5

10.0

7.5

5.0

2.5

0.0
Balance of payments

SOME CAPITAL ACCOUNT DATA

 GBP (billions)
The Annual Value of Migrants' Transfers

Credits - Money flowing into UK / Debits - flowing out of UK, annual £billion

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
0.0
 GBP (thousand billions)
Foreign Investment in the UK Economy

Value of external liabilities - direct and portfolio investment

2.75

2.50

2.25

2.00

1.75

1.50

Portfolio investment

1.25

1.00

0.75

Direct investment

0.50

0.25
 USD (billions)
UK Reserves of Foreign Currency and Gold

Billions of US dollars

50

45

40

Foreign Currency

35

30

25

20

15

Gold

10

Special Drawing Rights

 Percent
Current Account Balance for Selected Countries

Current account balance, as a percentage of GDP, annual figures

20

15

10

-5

-10

-15

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