Eritrea

This factsheet provides the latest statistics on trade and investment between the UK and

Eritrea.

Date of release: 18 July 2024; Date of next planned release: 2 August 2024

Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Eritrea was £92

million in the four quarters to the end of Q4 2023, an increase of 12.2% or £10 million in current

prices from the four quarters to the end of Q4 2022. Of this £92 million:

• Total UK exports to Eritrea amounted to £3 million in the four quarters to the end of Q4

2023 (a decrease of 40.0% or £2 million in current prices, compared to the four quarters

to the end of Q4 2022);

• Total UK imports from Eritrea amounted to £89 million in the four quarters to the end of

Q4 2023 (an increase of 15.6% or £12 million in current prices, compared to the four

quarters to the end of Q4 2022).

Eritrea was the UK’s 157th largest trading partner in the four quarters to the end of Q4 2023

accounting for less than 0.1% of total UK trade.1

In 2021, the outward stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) from the UK in Eritrea was less

than £1 million.

In 2021, the inward stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the UK from Eritrea are not

available due to data disclosure.2