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Overseas Business Risk

Information for UK businesses on political, economic and security risks when trading overseas.

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for International Trade
Published
27 November 2014
Last updated
23 January 2025 — See all updates

The Overseas Business Risk service provides information on various risks in overseas markets. UK government staff in country produce these guides. They provide information on potential business risks including:

  • political and economic issues
  • bribery and corruption
  • human rights
  • terrorism and security
  • intellectual property

We intend these pages to support and guide businesses. You should view them alongside other sources of information. The UK government does not advise on, or undertake due diligence for individual companies.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, if you have a business enquiry relating to the situation in Ukraine, contact the export support team. You should also continue to check FCDO travel advice.

For Russia, find out more about sanctions relating to Russia, which includes links to statutory guidance on Russia sanctions and the latest UK Sanctions List. If you have specific questions, contact the export support team.

Assistance for exporters

Other sources providing additional help for exporters include:

For further information on trading overseas see:

Contact us

Contact overseas.businessrisk@fcdo.gov.uk if you have comments or questions about these pages.

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Updates to this page

Published 27 November 2014
Last updated 23 January 2025 show all updates

  1. 'Doing business in Ethiopia: guidance on exporting and business risks' added to collection.

  2. Overseas business risk assessment for Armenia added. 26 June 2023.

  3. Updated to include additional links to guidance for businesses

  4. Overseas Business Risk - Uruguay updated.

  5. Guinea guidance added

  6. Overseas Business Risk for Bolivia added

  7. Senegal page added

  8. Burma and Jamaica market profiles added to the Overseas Business Risk service

  9. Updated Cyprus profile added to OBR service; added new link to Nigeria's new profile

  10. New Ireland market profle added to Overseas Business Risk webservice

  11. New link added for Canada's overseas business risk profile

  12. New links added for new Cambodia and Afghanistan OBR reports

  13. NEW Morocco OBR added to Africa collection

  14. New Paraguay OBR page added to the Americas collection

  15. Overseas Business Risk documents for Cuba

  16. NEW Suriname and Guyana OBR reports added to the collection

  17. Overseas Business Risk documents for Costa Rica and Nicaragua added.

  18. Additon of FCO Economic factsheets to further reading for market information.

  19. Two new country profiles added - Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea

  20. Added Norway

  21. Added Overseas Business Risks, Zambia document

  22. First published.

  23. Gabon, Peru

  24. intellectual property abroad

  25. China update

  26. Namibia and Argentina

  27. change to ordering

  28. bahrain and cote d'ivoire

  29. Added Luxembourg

  30. Thailand and Poland Updates

  31. July update for Russia and Ukraine

  32. Updated Mauritius page 15 July

  33. Mauritius Update - July 14 2014

  34. Overseas Business Risk - Hong Kong

  35. Updated links

  36. Link to FCO Political and Economic Updates

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