Downloads UK trade in goods and services data from the ONS. Available from 1948.
Usage
ons_trade(
measure = c("balance", "exports", "imports"),
from = NULL,
to = NULL,
cache = TRUE
)Arguments
- measure
Character. One of
"balance"(default, trade balance),"exports"(total exports), or"imports"(total imports). All in GBP millions, current prices, seasonally adjusted.- from
Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). Start date. Defaults to
NULL(all available data).- to
Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). End date. Defaults to
NULL.- cache
Logical. Use cached data if available (default
TRUE).
Value
A data frame with columns:
- date
Date. First day of the month.
- value
Numeric. Trade value (GBP millions).
See also
Other trade and prices:
ons_house_prices(),
ons_retail_sales()
Examples
# \donttest{
op <- options(ons.cache_dir = tempdir())
try(ons_trade(from = "2020-01-01"))
#> ℹ Fetching trade (balance)
#> Waiting 10s for retry backoff ■■■■■■
#> Waiting 10s for retry backoff ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
#> Waiting 10s for retry backoff ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
#> Waiting 10s for retry backoff ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
#> ℹ Fetching trade (balance)
#> ✔ Fetching trade (balance) [10.3s]
#>
#> date value
#> 1 2020-01-01 2502
#> 2 2020-02-01 -1483
#> 3 2020-03-01 1279
#> 4 2020-04-01 8747
#> 5 2020-05-01 9272
#> 6 2020-06-01 3950
#> 7 2020-07-01 1589
#> 8 2020-08-01 1553
#> 9 2020-09-01 -2299
#> 10 2020-10-01 -1510
#> 11 2020-11-01 -3955
#> 12 2020-12-01 -6299
#> 13 2021-01-01 -2746
#> 14 2021-02-01 -940
#> 15 2021-03-01 3507
#> 16 2021-04-01 3480
#> 17 2021-05-01 4916
#> 18 2021-06-01 1262
#> 19 2021-07-01 -3079
#> 20 2021-08-01 -3028
#> 21 2021-09-01 -3781
#> 22 2021-10-01 2162
#> 23 2021-11-01 -75
#> 24 2021-12-01 -2720
#> 25 2022-01-01 -11362
#> 26 2022-02-01 -7584
#> 27 2022-03-01 -7382
#> 28 2022-04-01 -5926
#> 29 2022-05-01 -7384
#> 30 2022-06-01 -6319
#> 31 2022-07-01 -1902
#> 32 2022-08-01 987
#> 33 2022-09-01 4210
#> 34 2022-10-01 7629
#> 35 2022-11-01 5306
#> 36 2022-12-01 -706
#> 37 2023-01-01 -1318
#> 38 2023-02-01 -1297
#> 39 2023-03-01 -241
#> 40 2023-04-01 148
#> 41 2023-05-01 -5170
#> 42 2023-06-01 -2123
#> 43 2023-07-01 -840
#> 44 2023-08-01 -2693
#> 45 2023-09-01 -1259
#> 46 2023-10-01 -3966
#> 47 2023-11-01 -1720
#> 48 2023-12-01 -187
#> 49 2024-01-01 25
#> 50 2024-02-01 -314
#> 51 2024-03-01 -1420
#> 52 2024-04-01 -4305
#> 53 2024-05-01 -2914
#> 54 2024-06-01 -2462
#> 55 2024-07-01 -3742
#> 56 2024-08-01 1866
#> 57 2024-09-01 2176
#> 58 2024-10-01 -4103
#> 59 2024-11-01 -4614
#> 60 2024-12-01 -1290
#> 61 2025-01-01 -1300
#> 62 2025-02-01 -3947
#> 63 2025-03-01 -2399
#> 64 2025-04-01 -3520
#> 65 2025-05-01 -3572
#> 66 2025-06-01 -3822
#> 67 2025-07-01 -2174
#> 68 2025-08-01 -2110
#> 69 2025-09-01 -4282
#> 70 2025-10-01 -6108
#> 71 2025-11-01 -4863
#> 72 2025-12-01 -1350
#> 73 2026-01-01 852
#> 74 2026-02-01 -6573
#> 75 2026-03-01 -10433
#> 76 2026-04-01 -6059
#> 77 2026-05-01 -2494
#> 78 2026-06-01 -4221
#> 79 2026-07-01 -2322
#> 80 2026-08-01 -920
options(op)
# }