UK's trade gap narrows to Â£3.6bn
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The UK trade gap with the rest of the world shrank to Â£3.6bn in April, the Office for National Statistics says.
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Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world stood at 7.4 billion pounds in November, unchanged from October, official data showed on Thursday.
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After years of deterioration, the United States trade deficit appears to have finally peaked and started to decline.
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The gap between US exports and imports hits an all-time high of $671.7bn (Â£484bn) last year, official figures show.
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The US trade deficit narrowed sharply in September, aided by a slide in the value of the dollar, which helped push exports to record levels, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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Britain&#039;s economy grew by 0.6 percent during the first quarter of 2006, unchanged from the previous quarter and leading to the fastest annual growth pace since 2004.
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The United States trade deficit shrank to $51.6 billion in September, as exports posted their best month on record. In another report, new claims for jobless
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British economic growth in the third quarter slowed to 0.4 percent, its weakest growth rate in 18months, largely due to a decline in industrial production.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more than expected in September as a rise in exports to unprecedented levels offset the impact of record-high prices for imported oil, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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Royal Mail says it is consulting on closing its final salary pension scheme to new entrants, to help tackle its Â£6.6bn deficit.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more  than expected in September as a rise in exports to  unprecedented levels offset the impact of record-high prices  for imported oil, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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The pound has continued to trade within very tight ranges against the dollar.
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Britain's deficit in trade in goods hit a record in 2006 when the country imported more oil than in previous years.
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WASHINGTON -- The US trade deficit shrank to $51.6 billion in September, an improvement brought about as exports posted their best month on record.
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The countryâs trade deficit narrowed in January as coal and manufacturing exports rose, signaling that growth may pick up in the Asia-Pacific regionâs fifth-largest economy. The trade shortfall narrowed to 876 million Australian dollars ($677 million) from 1.38 billion Australian dollars in December, the Bureau of Statistics reported. Exports rose 2 percent and imports dropped 1 percent. Total exports climbed to 18.12 billion Australian dollars in January. Farm exports like meat, sugar, wheat and wool declined 1 percent. Shipments of nonrural goods, which include minerals, increased 3 percent. Total imports fell to 18.99 billion Australian dollars from December. Imports of intermediate goods, which include fuel, decreased 1 percent.
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Hit by a decline in manufacturing, Britain&#39;s economy grew only 0.4 percent in the third quarter, the weakest quarterly performance since the beginning of 2003, the government reported on Friday.
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The U.S. trade deficit jumped 6.5 percent to a record $763.6 billion last year as high oil prices and Americans' appetite for foreign-made goods outpaced strong exports.