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| Source: HMRC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Category | Trade type | 2018 q1 | 2018 q2 | 2018 q3 | 2018 q4 | 2019 q1 | 2019 q2 | 2019 q3 | 2019 q4 | 2020 q1 | 2020 q2 | 2020 q3 | 2020 q4 | 2021 q1 | 2021 q2 | 2021 q3 | 2021 q4 | 2022 q1 | 2022 q2 | 2022 q3 | 2022 q4 | 2023 q1 | 2023 q2 | 2023 q3 | 2023 q4 | 
| Raw Materials | Imports | 64,656 | 72,499 | 73,660 | 57,348 | 69,621 | 86,427 | 74,332 | 60,162 | 61,378 | 48,578 | 93,983 | 88,842 | 84,663 | 109,068 | 87,568 | 70,036 | 88,921 | 96,505 | 70,555 | 56,790 | 63,435 | 71,284 | 75,596 | 50,969 | 
| Raw Materials | Exports | 17,871 | 23,365 | 24,305 | 22,817 | 19,326 | 29,923 | 26,378 | 19,543 | 16,511 | 19,460 | 24,120 | 21,772 | 12,184 | 19,787 | 21,876 | 16,637 | 19,667 | 20,043 | 19,813 | 20,834 | 13,585 | 18,388 | 21,222 | 18,869 | 
| Raw Materials | Balance | 46,785 | 49,134 | 49,354 | 34,531 | 50,295 | 56,504 | 47,954 | 40,619 | 44,867 | 29,119 | 69,864 | 67,070 | 72,479 | 89,282 | 65,693 | 53,399 | 69,255 | 76,463 | 50,742 | 35,956 | 49,850 | 52,896 | 54,374 | 32,100 | 
| Semi-Manufactures | Imports | 619,547 | 646,889 | 676,252 | 658,074 | 704,277 | 607,438 | 572,893 | 507,403 | 475,485 | 368,229 | 486,070 | 624,757 | 596,064 | 688,328 | 917,181 | 701,474 | 863,510 | 1,045,016 | 789,005 | 663,154 | 670,144 | 768,374 | 667,659 | 603,721 | 
| Semi-Manufactures | Exports | 140,688 | 150,948 | 140,701 | 141,860 | 140,855 | 127,320 | 133,791 | 111,706 | 120,274 | 113,948 | 114,545 | 127,730 | 100,085 | 124,710 | 115,401 | 121,771 | 159,693 | 181,093 | 171,075 | 158,496 | 163,094 | 164,943 | 134,354 | 120,043 | 
| Semi-Manufactures | Balance | 478,858 | 495,941 | 535,551 | 516,215 | 563,422 | 480,119 | 439,102 | 395,697 | 355,211 | 254,281 | 371,525 | 497,028 | 495,979 | 563,618 | 801,779 | 579,703 | 703,817 | 863,923 | 617,929 | 504,658 | 507,050 | 603,432 | 533,305 | 483,677 | 
| Products & Components | Imports | 3,836,635 | 3,796,887 | 3,786,950 | 3,873,647 | 4,144,399 | 3,848,479 | 3,914,569 | 3,553,935 | 3,485,443 | 2,620,253 | 3,535,007 | 4,256,119 | 3,928,007 | 4,186,615 | 4,491,952 | 4,403,932 | 5,516,467 | 5,492,831 | 5,253,172 | 5,260,246 | 5,079,951 | 5,131,106 | 4,861,197 | 4,704,713 | 
| Products & Components | Exports | 1,651,022 | 1,756,150 | 1,799,776 | 1,719,462 | 1,850,940 | 1,726,152 | 1,813,980 | 1,722,723 | 1,683,809 | 1,372,736 | 1,589,258 | 1,711,913 | 1,573,642 | 1,750,547 | 1,714,893 | 1,822,922 | 1,872,325 | 1,983,171 | 2,006,326 | 2,037,127 | 1,989,592 | 2,007,322 | 1,991,696 | 1,915,897 | 
| Products & Components | Balance | 2,185,613 | 2,040,737 | 1,987,173 | 2,154,185 | 2,293,458 | 2,122,327 | 2,100,590 | 1,831,212 | 1,801,634 | 1,247,516 | 1,945,749 | 2,544,207 | 2,354,365 | 2,436,068 | 2,777,059 | 2,581,011 | 3,644,141 | 3,509,661 | 3,246,846 | 3,223,119 | 3,090,359 | 3,123,784 | 2,869,502 | 2,788,817 | 
| Total – All Building   Materials & Components | Imports | 4,520,838 | 4,516,274 | 4,536,861 | 4,589,070 | 4,918,297 | 4,542,344 | 4,561,794 | 4,121,500 | 4,022,306 | 3,037,060 | 4,115,061 | 4,969,719 | 4,608,734 | 4,984,011 | 5,496,701 | 5,175,443 | 6,468,898 | 6,634,352 | 6,112,732 | 5,980,190 | 5,813,529 | 5,970,765 | 5,604,452 | 5,359,403 | 
| Total – All Building   Materials & Components | Exports | 1,809,581 | 1,930,463 | 1,964,782 | 1,884,139 | 2,011,121 | 1,883,395 | 1,974,148 | 1,853,973 | 1,820,594 | 1,506,144 | 1,727,923 | 1,861,414 | 1,685,911 | 1,895,044 | 1,852,170 | 1,961,330 | 2,051,685 | 2,184,306 | 2,197,215 | 2,216,456 | 2,166,271 | 2,190,652 | 2,147,272 | 2,054,809 | 
| Total – All Building   Materials & Components | Balance | 2,711,257 | 2,585,811 | 2,572,079 | 2,704,930 | 2,907,176 | 2,658,949 | 2,587,646 | 2,267,528 | 2,201,711 | 1,530,916 | 2,387,138 | 3,108,305 | 2,922,823 | 3,088,967 | 3,644,531 | 3,214,113 | 4,417,213 | 4,450,047 | 3,915,517 | 3,763,734 | 3,647,259 | 3,780,112 | 3,457,180 | 3,304,594 |