Summary

UK policymakers are increasingly interested in how international trade in services are conducted. This type of information is important to understand the barriers UK businesses face when wishing to trade internationally, and helps UK policymakers negotiate trade. However, there is currently a lack of detailed information on this kind of data. ONS has launched new work which seeks to address this issue, giving clues as to how much of UK trade in services involves migration.

Publications

• Modes of supply, UK experimental estimates: 2018

  First exploratory estimates of UK trade in services by mode of supply, country and service type on a balance of payments basis using a new experimental dataset.

Data

• Imports and exports of services by country, by modes of supply, UK

  Country breakdown of trade in services values by mode of supply (imports and exports). Countries include only total services data, while regions include top-level Extended Balance of Payments Services (EBOPS) breakdown.

• Exports of services by country, by modes of supply

  Country breakdown of trade in services values by mode of supply (exports).

Methodology

• Modes of supply: methods

  Detailing the feasibility, methodology and analysis of results on the experimental work for modes of supply.

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