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

United Kingdom 09.5.4 Newspapers;books & stationery Stationery & drawing mats IDEF SA 2023=100 () was up 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 102.6 (index (2023=100)).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.9% (Q2 2021) to 8.5% (Q2 2022), averaging 2.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 102.6 | 0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 102.3 | 0.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 102.3 | 1.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 101.6 | 0.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 102.0 | 2.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 101.9 | 4.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 101.3 | 3.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 100.9 | 4.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 99.90 | 2.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 98.00 | 0.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 97.50 | 1.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 96.90 | 1.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 97.40 | 3.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 97.70 | 6.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 96.40 | 7.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 95.60 | 8.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 94.40 | 8.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 91.50 | 5.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 90.10 | 4.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 88.40 | 2.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 87.00 | −0.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 86.90 | 1.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 86.60 | 1.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 86.70 | 2.1 |

## API

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

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