Trade deficit widens in April
Britain's goods trade deficit with the rest of the world was wider than expected in April, after disruption to air traffic as a result of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud hit both exports and imports, official data showed on Wednesday.The Office for National Statistics said Britain's goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widened to 7.279 billion pounds in April up from a downwardly revised 7.259 billion in March and the biggest since January.
The UK trade deficit widened to GBP 3.6 billion in January from a revised GBP 3.2 billion deficit in the previous month, the Office for National Statistics or ONS reported Wednesday.