Overseas Business Risk
Information for UK businesses on how to identify and mitigate security and political risks when trading overseas.
The Overseas Business Risk service provides geopolitical and economic analysis on overseas markets to new and expanding exporters. The guides also provide information on potential risks including human rights issues, bribery and corruption, terrorism, criminal activity and intellectual property.
Assistance for exporters
- Department for International Trade (DIT) export services to access expert trade staff who can provide practical advice
- DIT export opportunities for details of overseas contracts, tenders and projects
- UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s official export credit agency for finance and insurance assistance
- List of countries with trade sanctions or embargoes
- List of UK tax treaties with countries to protect against double taxation
Further reading
- bribery and corruption - UK anti-bribery policy
- crime and fraud prevention for businesses in international trade.
- cyber security guidance for business
- FCDO economic factsheets for over 180 countries
- guidance for businesses operating in high risk environments
- human rights
- protecting intellectual property abroad
- protective security - visit NaCTSO and CPNI
Contact us
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Africa
- Overseas Business Risk: Algeria
- Overseas business risk: Angola
- Overseas Business Risk - Cameroon
- Overseas Business Risk - Côte D'Ivoire
- Overseas Business Risk - Ethiopia
- Overseas Business Risk – Ghana
- Overseas Business Risk - Guinea
- Overseas Business Risk - Kenya
- Overseas Business Risk - Mauritius
- Overseas Business Risk - Morocco
- Overseas Business Risk - Mozambique
- Overseas Business Risk - Namibia
- Overseas Business Risk - Nigeria
- Overseas Business Risk - Rwanda
- Overseas Business Risk - Senegal
- Overseas Business Risk – Sierra Leone
- Overseas Business Risk - South Africa
- Overseas Business Risk: Tunisia
- Overseas Business Risk - Uganda
- Overseas Business Risk – Zambia
Americas
- Overseas Business Risk - Argentina
- Overseas Business Risk - Barbados
- Overseas Business Risk – Bolivia
- Overseas Business Risk - Brazil
- Overseas Business Risk - Canada
- Overseas Business Risk - Cayman Islands
- Overseas Business Risk - Chile
- Overseas Business Risk - Colombia
- Overseas Business Risk - Costa Rica
- Overseas Business Risk - Cuba
- Overseas Business Risk – Dominican Republic
- Overseas Business Risk - Ecuador
- Overseas Business Risk - Guatemala
- Overseas business risk - Guyana
- Overseas Business Risk - Honduras
- Overseas Business Risk - Jamaica
- Overseas Business Risk - Mexico
- Overseas Business Risk - Nicaragua
- Overseas Business Risk - Panama
- Overseas Business Risk - Paraguay
- Overseas Business Risk - Peru
- Overseas Business Risk - Suriname
- Overseas Business Risk – Trinidad & Tobago
- Overseas Business Risk - Uruguay
- Overseas Business Risk - Venezuela
Asia
- Overseas Business Risk - Afghanistan
- Overseas Business Risk: Bangladesh
- Overseas Business Risk Myanmar (Burma)
- Overseas Business Risk - Cambodia
- Overseas Business Risk - China
- Overseas Business Risk - Hong Kong
- Overseas Business Risk - India
- Overseas Business Risk - Indonesia
- Overseas Business Risk - Japan
- Overseas Business Risk - Kazakhstan
- Overseas Business Risk - Malaysia
- Overseas Business Risk: Nepal
- Pakistan: overseas business risk
- Overseas Business Risk - Philippines
- Overseas Business Risk - Singapore
- Overseas Business Risk – South Korea
- Overseas Business Risk – Sri Lanka
- Overseas Business Risk - Taiwan
- Overseas Business Risk - Thailand
- Overseas Business Risk - Turkmenistan
- Overseas Business Risk - Vietnam
Europe
- Overseas Business Risk - Austria
- Overseas Business Risk - Belgium
- Overseas Business Risk - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Overseas Business Risk - Bulgaria
- Overseas Business Risk - Croatia
- Overseas Business Risk - Cyprus
- Overseas Business Risk - Czech Republic
- Overseas Business Risk - Denmark
- Overseas Business Risk - Estonia
- Overseas Business Risk - Finland
- Overseas Business Risk - France
- Overseas Business Risk - Germany
- Overseas Business Risk - Greece
- Overseas Business Risk - Hungary
- Overseas Business Risk - Ireland
- Overseas Business Risk - Italy
- Overseas Business Risk - Latvia
- Overseas Business Risk - Lithuania
- Overseas Business Risk - Luxembourg
- Overseas Business Risk - Moldova
- Overseas Business Risk - North Macedonia
- Overseas Business Risk - Norway
- Overseas Business Risk - Poland
- Overseas Business Risk - Portugal
- Overseas Business Risk - Romania
- Overseas Business Risk - Russia
- Overseas Business Risk - Serbia
- Overseas Business Risk - Slovakia
- Overseas Business Risk - Slovenia
- Overseas Business Risk - Spain
- Overseas Business Risk - Sweden
- Overseas Business Risk - Switzerland
- Overseas Business Risk - Turkey
- Overseas Business Risk - Ukraine
Middle East
- Overseas Business Risk - Bahrain
- Overseas Business Risk - Israel
- Overseas Business Risk - Iraq
- Overseas Business Risk - Jordan
- Overseas Business Risk - Kuwait
- Overseas Business Risk - Lebanon
- Overseas Business Risk - The Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Overseas Business Risk – Oman
- Overseas Business Risk - Qatar
- Overseas Business Risk - Saudi Arabia
- Overseas Business Risk – United Arab Emirates
Oceania
Last updated 20 June 2017 + show all updates
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Overseas Business Risk - Uruguay updated.
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Guinea guidance added
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Overseas Business Risk for Bolivia added
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Senegal page added
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Burma and Jamaica market profiles added to the Overseas Business Risk service
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Updated Cyprus profile added to OBR service; added new link to Nigeria's new profile
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New Ireland market profle added to Overseas Business Risk webservice
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New link added for Canada's overseas business risk profile
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New links added for new Cambodia and Afghanistan OBR reports
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NEW Morocco OBR added to Africa collection
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New Paraguay OBR page added to the Americas collection
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Overseas Business Risk documents for Cuba
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NEW Suriname and Guyana OBR reports added to the collection
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Overseas Business Risk documents for Costa Rica and Nicaragua added.
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Additon of FCO Economic factsheets to further reading for market information.
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Two new country profiles added - Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea
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Added Norway
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Added Overseas Business Risks, Zambia document
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First published.
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Gabon, Peru
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intellectual property abroad
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China update
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Namibia and Argentina
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change to ordering
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bahrain and cote d'ivoire
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Added Luxembourg
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Thailand and Poland Updates
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July update for Russia and Ukraine
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Updated Mauritius page 15 July
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Mauritius Update - July 14 2014
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Overseas Business Risk - Hong Kong
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Updated links
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Link to FCO Political and Economic Updates