"Figure 3: Outward FDI earnings in manufacturing, and information and communications industries increased in 2020 from 2019 ","" "Outward foreign direct investment earnings by industry group, 2017 to 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. This figure uses directional statistics. 2. "".."" denotes a value suppressed to mitigate disclosure. 3. Details on which industries are included within these industrial groups can be found in [Section 6](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies/2020#measuring-the-data). 4. These statistics exclude outward FDI earnings related to banks, bank holding companies, property and public corporations, but these are included within total UK FDI earnings. 5. Changes to FDI statistics between 2019 and 2020 should be viewed with caution; these reflect changes in survey values in addition to possible effects from changes to the FDI populations and sampling stratification processes. 6. Statistics for 2019 and 2020 may be revised after benchmarking our annual results." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","2017","2018","2019","2020" "Mining and quarrying","8.5","18.5","16.8",".." "Manufacturing","26.6","20.4","17.2","19.2" "Retail and transport","3.9","6.3","4.5","2.9" "Information and communication","5.1","3.9","1.8","2.7" "Financial services","19.1","20.1","32.0","19.2" "Professional and support","3.9","4.9","8.9","4.9" "Other","9.6","9.4","11.4","7.5"