# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery () was up 11.5% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 12.2% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,644.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.6% (Q2 2020) to 47.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 6.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C28-1.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-28-1-general-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,644.0 £m | 11.5 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,563.0 £m | 12.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,527.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,568.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,475.0 £m | 7.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,393.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,454.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,457.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,367.0 £m | −6.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,445.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,341.0 £m | −0.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,410.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,468.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,391.0 £m | 9.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,349.0 £m | 15.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,326.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,324.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,269.0 £m | 11.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,169.0 £m | 26.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,263.0 £m | 33.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,220.0 £m | 36.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,139.0 £m | 47.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 928.0 £m | −4.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 943.0 £m | −10.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C28-1.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C28-1.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```