# United Kingdom 09.5.4 Newspapers;books & stationery Stationery & drawing mats IDEF NSA 2023=100 ()

United Kingdom 09.5.4 Newspapers;books & stationery Stationery & drawing mats IDEF NSA 2023=100 () was up 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 102.6 (index (2023=100)).
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.9% (Q2 2021) to 8.3% (Q2 2022), averaging 2.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-4.MEASURE-IDEF`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index (2023=100)
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-5-4-newspapers-books-and-stationery-stationery-and-drawing-mats-idef-uk-hhcons-q-nsa-coicop-09-5-4-measure-idef

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 102.6 | 0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 102.5 | 0.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 102.7 | 1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 101.3 | 0.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 102.0 | 2.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 101.9 | 3.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 101.2 | 3.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 100.5 | 3.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 99.70 | 2.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 98.20 | 0.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 97.60 | 1.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 96.70 | 1.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 97.50 | 3.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 97.90 | 6.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 96.40 | 7.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 95.10 | 8.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 94.20 | 8.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 91.70 | 5.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 90.10 | 3.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 88.00 | 2.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 87.00 | −0.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 87.10 | 1.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 86.70 | 1.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 86.20 | 1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-4.MEASURE-IDEF"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-4.MEASURE-IDEF",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```