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)
#> ✔ Fetching trade (balance) [284ms]
#>
#> date value
#> 1 2020-01-01 2412
#> 2 2020-02-01 -1353
#> 3 2020-03-01 1332
#> 4 2020-04-01 8641
#> 5 2020-05-01 9471
#> 6 2020-06-01 4277
#> 7 2020-07-01 2050
#> 8 2020-08-01 1929
#> 9 2020-09-01 -2069
#> 10 2020-10-01 -1472
#> 11 2020-11-01 -3752
#> 12 2020-12-01 -5798
#> 13 2021-01-01 -2608
#> 14 2021-02-01 -654
#> 15 2021-03-01 3329
#> 16 2021-04-01 3215
#> 17 2021-05-01 4735
#> 18 2021-06-01 1301
#> 19 2021-07-01 -2815
#> 20 2021-08-01 -2544
#> 21 2021-09-01 -3400
#> 22 2021-10-01 2106
#> 23 2021-11-01 22
#> 24 2021-12-01 -1748
#> 25 2022-01-01 -10899
#> 26 2022-02-01 -7112
#> 27 2022-03-01 -7384
#> 28 2022-04-01 -5840
#> 29 2022-05-01 -6255
#> 30 2022-06-01 -6375
#> 31 2022-07-01 -1380
#> 32 2022-08-01 1478
#> 33 2022-09-01 4942
#> 34 2022-10-01 7253
#> 35 2022-11-01 4556
#> 36 2022-12-01 -731
#> 37 2023-01-01 -1530
#> 38 2023-02-01 -1451
#> 39 2023-03-01 -1161
#> 40 2023-04-01 -616
#> 41 2023-05-01 -5454
#> 42 2023-06-01 -2953
#> 43 2023-07-01 -1748
#> 44 2023-08-01 -3289
#> 45 2023-09-01 -1628
#> 46 2023-10-01 -5735
#> 47 2023-11-01 -3343
#> 48 2023-12-01 -3233
#> 49 2024-01-01 -975
#> 50 2024-02-01 -1098
#> 51 2024-03-01 -2243
#> 52 2024-04-01 -5056
#> 53 2024-05-01 -2891
#> 54 2024-06-01 -3183
#> 55 2024-07-01 -1951
#> 56 2024-08-01 1582
#> 57 2024-09-01 1640
#> 58 2024-10-01 -2507
#> 59 2024-11-01 -3407
#> 60 2024-12-01 -925
#> 61 2025-01-01 -1530
#> 62 2025-02-01 -4778
#> 63 2025-03-01 -3113
#> 64 2025-04-01 -3792
#> 65 2025-05-01 -3254
#> 66 2025-06-01 -3943
#> 67 2025-07-01 -1188
#> 68 2025-08-01 -1169
#> 69 2025-09-01 -3478
#> 70 2025-10-01 -5879
#> 71 2025-11-01 -4622
#> 72 2025-12-01 -1660
#> 73 2026-01-01 3018
#> 74 2026-02-01 -720
options(op)
# }