Brexit Britain received a boost today after new figures show that exports are booming - and sales to the US far outstrip those to Germany.

Trade numbers show the UK exports twice as much in services than we import - selling £38.537bn from April to June this year and buying in just £17.762bn.

And Britain sells over three times more to the United States than we do to Germany - our biggest trading partner in the EU.

The Office for National Statistics revealed the UK sold £8.4bn worth of services to the US from April to June - far more than the £2.5bn sold to Germany.

Britain exports around twice as much in services than we import, figures put out by the Office for National Statistics reveal

While sales to Asia have seen the biggest growth - jumping by nearly £1bn to £7.279bn from the first quarter of this year to the second.

The figures will be greeted with cheer by Brexiteers who have called for the UK to focus more on beefing up our trade links with the expanding Asia and US markets rather than focus on the EU.

In a statement to Mail Online, International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox said: 'Today's figures show our exports growing from strength to strength.

'UK services are in high demand across the globe, with nearly two thirds going to markets outside the EU such as Japan and Saudi Arabia.

'It heralds a prosperous trading future for the UK, and it's why the dynamic and experienced team at my international economic department will continue to prepare the ground for future free trade deals, and support more British businesses that want to export.'

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Tory MP for North East Somerset, told Mail Online: 'The great strength of the UK is in services.

'It is striking that the US is our biggest national market and that we are doing well in the high growth Asian markets.

'Over the next generation the sclerotic European economies are the past, Brexit frees us for the future.'

The numbers show the value of British exports in services - excluding industries such as transport, banking and travel - to 54 different countries.

The EU is Britain's biggest single trading bloc - with the 27 other member states collectively buying 36.4 per cent of the UK's service exports.

While the second biggest market is North America which bought more than a fifth (22.9 per cent) of Britain's services exports in the last quarter.

Britain sells around three times more services to the United States than we do to Germany - our biggest EU trading partner

The value of exports to North America rose by £396 million to £8.861bn from the first three months of the year compared to the second.

A surge in sales to the US was the driving force behind this jump, with an extra £397 million of sales going to the States.

ONS said that sales increased to nearly all geographical regions - but the highest surge was in the growing market of Asia.

Sales to Asia increased by £951 million from the first three months of the year to the second, reaching £7.279bn .

China made the single largest contribution to the increase, growing by £246 million over the three months.

The figures are a boost for Chancellor Philip Hammond ahead of the Budget, which he will deliver in three weeks time.

He is under pressure to find extra funds to plough into house building and other public services.