# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 29.1. Motor vehicles ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 29.1. Motor vehicles () was down 2.5% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −0.7% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 10,404 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −67.2% (Q2 2020) to 116.2% (Q2 2021), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C29-1.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-im-cp-bop-sa-29-1-motor-vehicles

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 10,404 £m | −2.5 |
| Q2 2026 | 10,911 £m | −0.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 10,569 £m | 5.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 10,405 £m | 2.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 10,674 £m | −0.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 10,986 £m | 12.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 9,994.0 £m | −2.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 10,162 £m | −12.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 10,758 £m | 1.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,746.0 £m | −8.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 10,292 £m | 5.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 11,556 £m | 40.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 10,632 £m | 38.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 10,648 £m | 31.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 9,741.0 £m | 35.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 8,234.0 £m | 21.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,653.0 £m | 26.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 8,086.0 £m | 30.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,200.0 £m | 23.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 6,800.0 £m | −30.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 6,061.0 £m | −22.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 6,202.0 £m | 116.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,810.0 £m | −26.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 9,797.0 £m | 13.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C29-1.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C29-1.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```