# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.3. Communication equipment ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 30.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 20.3% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,905.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.8% (Q3 2021) to 145.7% (Q3 2022), averaging 7.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-26-3-communication-equipment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,905.0 £m | 30.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,740.0 £m | 20.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,634.0 £m | 15.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,596.0 £m | 10.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,461.0 £m | −0.07 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,446.0 £m | 3.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,418.0 £m | 3.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,450.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,462.0 £m | −0.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,399.0 £m | −15.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,376.0 £m | −14.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,476.0 £m | −21.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,475.0 £m | −5.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,652.0 £m | 12.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,611.0 £m | 20.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,881.0 £m | 123.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,558.0 £m | 145.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,463.0 £m | 100.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,332.0 £m | 73.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 842.0 £m | −38.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 634.0 £m | −45.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 730.0 £m | −32.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 766.0 £m | −35.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,368.0 £m | −8.3 |

## API

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

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