Using the data in Extract A, calculate, to one decimal place, the percentage change in the total net trade balance in goods with the UK’s top five trade partners from February - April 2012 to February–April 2013.
The net trade balance in goods for February–April 2012 is –£9.2bn and for February–April 2013 is –£10.5bn therefore the percentage change is 14.1%.
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