The latest report, published on 12 January 2022 shows the following for the UK construction market: Imports of construction materials increased by £532 million in Q3 2021 compared to the previous quarter, an increase of 10.7%. Exports of construction materials decreased by £35 million in Q3 2021 compared to the previous quarter, a decrease of 1.9%. As a result, between Q2 2021 and Q3 2021, the quarterly trade deficit widened by £567 million to £3,687 million, an increase of 18.2%. Over the whole of 2020, imports of construction materials decreased by 11.0% compared to 2019, from £18,144 million to £16,144 million. In the same period exports decreased by 10.4%, from £7,723 million to £6,916 million. Over the period from Quarter 1 1984 to Quarter 3 2021, construction materials imports have increased, on average (per quarter), by 4.7%.