"Figure 3: Inward FDI earnings for most industrial groups were higher in 2018 than in 2017","" "Inward earnings on UK foreign direct investment by industry, 2015 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Details on which industries are included within these industrial groups can be found in Section 6." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","2015","2016","2017","2018" "Mining and quarrying","1.272","1.22","0.93","1.788" "Manufacturing","8.503","9.263","9.728","11.883" "Retail and transport","9.801","9.297","9.939","16.668" "Information and communication","4.815","1.822","4.103","6.036" "Financial services","17.728","18.371","22.789","23.986" "Professional and support","1.852","5.075","3.622","7.938" "Other","4.567","3.236","4.332","1.708"