# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 28.9. Other special-purpose machinery ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 28.9. Other special-purpose machinery () was down 5.1% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 2.9% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 919.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −37.7% (Q2 2020) to 88.6% (Q2 2021), averaging 7.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C28-9.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-28-9-other-special-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 919.0 £m | −5.1 |
| Q2 2026 | 948.0 £m | 2.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 993.0 £m | 11.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 960.0 £m | 10.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 968.0 £m | 7.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 921.0 £m | 0.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 894.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 870.0 £m | −14.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 903.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 919.0 £m | 0.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 909.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,014.0 £m | 4.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 928.0 £m | 2.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 918.0 £m | −2.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 937.0 £m | 11.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 973.0 £m | 0.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 907.0 £m | 18.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 941.0 £m | 3.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 843.0 £m | 29.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 971.0 £m | 26.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 765.0 £m | 15.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 913.0 £m | 88.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 650.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 766.0 £m | 1.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C28-9.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C28-9.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```