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<p>Figures on UK trade in goods with China since 2008, broken down by commodity traded, are in Table 1 as follows. The data are sourced from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Overseas Trade Statistics database and are publicly available on the UK Trade Info website:</p><p>www.uktradeinfo.com</p><p>Data by sector (industry) are not available as bilateral trade in goods statistics are only published in terms of commodities.</p><p>2011 and 2012 data on UK trade in services with China, by type of service, are given in Table 2, taken from the latest (2013) ONS ‘Pink Book’ publication. Data for 2008-2010 are available from Tables 9.10 and 9.11 of previous editions of the Pink Book which can be downloaded from the link below:</p><p>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bop/united-kingdom-balance-of-payments/index.html</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table1: UK trade in goods withChina<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Value(£million)<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">2008<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">UKexports toChina:<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /></tr><tr><td valign="top">SITC1<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /></tr><tr><td valign="top">0- Food and liveanimals<br /></td><td valign="top">107<br /></td><td valign="top">97<br /></td><td valign="top">60<br /></td><td valign="top">46<br /></td><td valign="top">36<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1- Beverages andtobacco<br /></td><td valign="top">83<br /></td><td valign="top">78<br /></td><td valign="top">61<br /></td><td valign="top">51<br /></td><td valign="top">50<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2- Crude materials, inedible, exceptfuels<br /></td><td valign="top">1,413<br /></td><td valign="top">1,598<br /></td><td valign="top">1,200<br /></td><td valign="top">945<br /></td><td valign="top">823<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">3- Mineral fuels, lubricants and relatedmaterials<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">86<br /></td><td valign="top">83<br /></td><td valign="top">28<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">4- Animal and vegetable oils, fats andwaxes<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">5- Chemicals and related products,nes<br /></td><td valign="top">1,253<br /></td><td valign="top">1,094<br /></td><td valign="top">895<br /></td><td valign="top">755<br /></td><td valign="top">562<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">6- Manufactured goods classified chiefly bymaterial<br /></td><td valign="top">592<br /></td><td valign="top">679<br /></td><td valign="top">557<br /></td><td valign="top">511<br /></td><td valign="top">625<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">7- Machinery and transportequipment<br /></td><td valign="top">5,675<br /></td><td valign="top">4,423<br /></td><td valign="top">3,784<br /></td><td valign="top">2,354<br /></td><td valign="top">2,313<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">8- Miscellaneous manufacturedarticles<br /></td><td valign="top">704<br /></td><td valign="top">704<br /></td><td valign="top">579<br /></td><td valign="top">431<br /></td><td valign="top">433<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">9- Commodities/transactions not class'd elsewhere inSITC<br /></td><td valign="top">45<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Total<br /></td><td valign="top">9,892<br /></td><td valign="top">8,772<br /></td><td valign="top">7,225<br /></td><td valign="top">5,129<br /></td><td valign="top">4,870<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">UKImports fromChina:<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /></tr><tr><td valign="top">SITC1<br /></td><td valign="top">479<br /></td><td valign="top">489<br /></td><td valign="top">426<br /></td><td valign="top">341<br /></td><td valign="top">348<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">0- Food and liveanimals<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td><td valign="top">25<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">23<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1- Beverages andtobacco<br /></td><td valign="top">240<br /></td><td valign="top">242<br /></td><td valign="top">239<br /></td><td valign="top">194<br /></td><td valign="top">214<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2- Crude materials, inedible, exceptfuels<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">48<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">53<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">3- Mineral fuels, lubricants and relatedmaterials<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">4- Animal & vegetable oils, fats andwaxes<br /></td><td valign="top">1,250<br /></td><td valign="top">1,235<br /></td><td valign="top">1,006<br /></td><td valign="top">737<br /></td><td valign="top">810<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">5- Chemicals and related products,nes<br /></td><td valign="top">4,688<br /></td><td valign="top">4,852<br /></td><td valign="top">4,308<br /></td><td valign="top">3,316<br /></td><td valign="top">3,752<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">6- Manufactured goods classified chiefly bymaterial<br /></td><td valign="top">11,162<br /></td><td valign="top">11,149<br /></td><td valign="top">10,258<br /></td><td valign="top">8,037<br /></td><td valign="top">7,297<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">7- Machinery and transportequipment<br /></td><td valign="top">11,954<br /></td><td valign="top">11,870<br /></td><td valign="top">11,637<br /></td><td valign="top">9,871<br /></td><td valign="top">9,265<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">8- Miscellaneous manufacturedarticles<br /></td><td valign="top">198<br /></td><td valign="top">233<br /></td><td valign="top">310<br /></td><td valign="top">335<br /></td><td valign="top">204<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">9- Commodities/transactions not class'd elsewhere inSITC<br /></td><td valign="top">30,021<br /></td><td valign="top">30,156<br /></td><td valign="top">28,228<br /></td><td valign="top">22,871<br /></td><td valign="top">21,968<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Total<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">Source:<br />HMRCOverseas Trade Statisticsdatabase<br />https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table2: Trade in services by type ofservice<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">£million<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">ExportstoChina<br /></td><td valign="top">ImportsfromChina<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">2012<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Transportation<br /></td><td valign="top">994<br /></td><td valign="top">723<br /></td><td valign="top">386<br /></td><td valign="top">394<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Travel<br /></td><td valign="top">833<br /></td><td valign="top">882<br /></td><td valign="top">340<br /></td><td valign="top">351<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Communications<br /></td><td valign="top">60<br /></td><td valign="top">75<br /></td><td valign="top">42<br /></td><td valign="top">49<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Construction<br /></td><td valign="top">37<br /></td><td valign="top">81<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Insurance<br /></td><td valign="top">106<br /></td><td valign="top">100<br /></td><td valign="top">110<br /></td><td valign="top">133<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Financial<br /></td><td valign="top">233<br /></td><td valign="top">198<br /></td><td valign="top">79<br /></td><td valign="top">32<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Computerandinformation<br /></td><td valign="top">72<br /></td><td valign="top">106<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">21<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Royaltiesand licensefees<br /></td><td valign="top">52<br /></td><td valign="top">123<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td><td valign="top">2<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Otherbusinessservices<br /></td><td valign="top">695<br /></td><td valign="top">765<br /></td><td valign="top">280<br /></td><td valign="top">358<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Personal,cultural andrecreational<br /></td><td valign="top">58<br /></td><td valign="top">59<br /></td><td valign="top">1—<br /></td><td valign="top">4<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Government<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">1—<br /></td><td valign="top">6<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Totalservices<br /></td><td valign="top">3155<br /></td><td valign="top">3128<br /></td><td valign="top">1280<br /></td><td valign="top">1369<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Indicates that data might be disclosive and have therefore beenomitted. ONS estimates of trade in services are based on survey dataprovided by businesses. Statistical disclosure control is conducted toprotect each businesses from identification in published outputs, whichmeans that in some cases, data has been suppressed as in the tableabove<br />Source:<br />ONSPink Book2013<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p> |