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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 28.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 19.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,932.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.8% (Q3 2021) to 146.4% (Q3 2022), averaging 7.9%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,932.0 £m | 28.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,746.0 £m | 19.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,679.0 £m | 14.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,499.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,499.0 £m | 0.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,462.0 £m | 1.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,461.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,343.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,494.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,442.0 £m | −15.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,408.0 £m | −14.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,363.0 £m | −21.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,516.0 £m | −4.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,696.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,639.0 £m | 18.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,741.0 £m | 129.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,589.0 £m | 146.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,520.0 £m | 98.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,384.0 £m | 72.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 758.0 £m | −38.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 645.0 £m | −45.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 767.0 £m | −33.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 802.0 £m | −34.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,239.0 £m | −6.5 |

## API

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

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