Pre-announcement of corrections to the UK overseas trade in goods statistics
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Today we are announcing corrections to the UK overseas trade in goods statistics (OTS) that will be published on Thursday 15 January 2026, which relates to the November 2025 trade release.
Upcoming corrections to UK overseas trade in goods statistics
We will be correcting UK exports to EU and non-EU for commodities within HS2 Chapter 27, Mineral fuels and oils, in particular goods related to petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
The corrections will affect trade data covering March 2024 to present, and is the result of goods exported from excise warehouses that were erroneously excluded from the OTS. We have conducted a full review of the issue and updated the data feed to ensure trade in the OTS is correctly reported. The first opportunity to update the OTS time series is with the 15 January 2026 scheduled release.
The impact of this change for UK exports are January to December 2024 will rise by around 1.3%, which is £5 billion more than the current published annual total of £405 billion. For January to September 2025, the increase will be around 1.9%, or £6 billion more than the current published total of £318 billion.