ONS Publishes May 2026 UK Trade and Services Data
The official releases give the statistics used to track GDP and show how exports, imports and services output change in volume and price.
Overview
- The Office for National Statistics published the UK Trade and Index of Services releases on 16 July 2026, making May 2026 figures publicly available.
- The UK Trade release reports total export and import values in current prices and provides chained volume measures and implied deflators to separate price changes from physical volumes.
- The Index of Services release records monthly gross value added for service industries, which account for about 79% of UK gross domestic product.
- Both publications are accredited official statistics produced impartially and include full datasets, methodology notes and supporting documents linked on GOV.UK.
- Policymakers, market analysts and statisticians will use these figures and deflators to update short-term GDP estimates and to assess whether changes reflect price moves or real output shifts.