Economy Today ONS is holding a UK Trade event which will highlight some recent developments in trade statistics, as well as looking forward to some upcoming plans. To go alongside the event ONS has published new experimental statistics, breaking down goods exports and imports by 234 partner countries and 125 different commodities for the first time. The new data can be explored using this interactive trade map In addition, ONS has published trade in services broken down by 54 countries for Q4 and 2017 as a whole. These data show that UK services exports increased to £43,297m in Q4 2017, reflecting rises among all regions except Australasia, Oceania and the Polar Regions. The EU was the largest contributor to the overall £3,979m increase in services exports in Q4, with Ireland and the Netherlands experiencing the largest rises. Provisional estimates for 2017 as a whole show that the value of UK exports increased to £158,922m in 2017, while imports increased to £78,097m over the period. The EU accounted for most of the increase in exports of services in 2017, while Asia made the single largest contribution to the rise of imports over the same period. International trade in services by partner country, October to December 2017 People, population and community This final article in the living abroad series looks at the distribution and characteristics of British citizens who intend to, or have, lived abroad for one year or longer. Main points: 784,900 British citizens lived in the EU, excluding UK and Ireland, on 1 January 2017. Three countries were very popular - 69% of British citizens living in the EU lived in Spain, France or Germany in 2017. Two thirds of British citizens living in the EU, excluding UK and Ireland, are aged 15 to 64-years, and more 15 to 64-year olds live in Spain than any other EU country. The EU has not been the most common destination for Brits choosing to emigrate. 33% of all British born emigrants living outside the UK in 2017 lived in Australia or New Zealand, 28% lived in the US or Canada and 26% lived in the EU – of which 6% lived in Ireland. By comparison, 49% of French born emigrants living outside France were living in the EU in 2015, and 44% of German born emigrants living outside Germany were living in the EU. More British men (53%) live in the EU than women – the greatest difference is in Lithuania where 85% of the British people are male. Statistician's comment: "Spain continues to be the most desirable location for the three-quarters of a million Brits living in the EU, not including those living in the UK and Ireland. However, the EU as a whole is not the most popular place to live for British expats, with more than half having chosen to live in English speaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada." Jay Lindop, Deputy Director, Migration Statistics | 
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