# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was down 7.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 0.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 890.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −34.2% (Q1 2020) to 43.3% (Q1 2019), averaging 6.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C26-3.PARTNER-EU`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (119 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cpa-08-eu-ex-cp-bop-sa-26-3-communication-equipment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 890.0 £m | −7.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 902.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 942.0 £m | 11.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 897.0 £m | 14.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 961.0 £m | 26.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 895.0 £m | 10.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 842.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 781.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 759.0 £m | −4.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 809.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 786.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 810.0 £m | 0.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 793.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 824.0 £m | 11.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 809.0 £m | 27.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 805.0 £m | 32.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 796.0 £m | 30.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 739.0 £m | 9.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 633.0 £m | 14.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 608.0 £m | −13.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 611.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 673.0 £m | 12.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 555.0 £m | −13.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 699.0 £m | 7.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C26-3.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C26-3.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```