Trade: Key Economic Indicators
Latest statistics on UK's trade performance and balance of payments

This note summarises the main features of the extractive industries transparency initiative and outlines the sphere of operations of the UK’s main mining companies.
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (679 KB , PDF)
The EITI (previously the Extractive Industries Transparency Directive) was a DfID inspired proposal aimed at providing a forum for monitoring the activities of those companies which are most often accused of some of the worst aspects of overseas exploitation and harm to natural resources.
A key aspect of its work is the publication of all material oil, gas and mining payments paid by companies to governments and all material revenues received by governments from the companies to a wide audience in a publicly accessible, comprehensive and comprehensible manner.
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (679 KB , PDF)
Latest statistics on UK's trade performance and balance of payments
A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 9.30am on Wednesday 1 February on the use of bee-killing pesticides in agriculture. The debate will be opened by Luke Pollard MP.
This interactive dashboard shows data on economic growth, inflation, trade, employment, government borrowing and debt across the UK.