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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 23.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 12.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,825.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −43.8% (Q3 2021) to 104.4% (Q3 2022), averaging 4.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.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-cvm-bop-sa-26-3-communication-equipment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,825.0 £m | 23.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,644.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,618.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,464.0 £m | 7.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,474.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,462.0 £m | 1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,465.0 £m | 5.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,363.0 £m | 5.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,496.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,443.0 £m | −8.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,385.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,296.0 £m | −21.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,432.0 £m | −6.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,570.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,466.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,647.0 £m | 92.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,531.0 £m | 104.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,511.0 £m | 66.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,481.0 £m | 57.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 856.0 £m | −38.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 749.0 £m | −43.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 907.0 £m | −30.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 943.0 £m | −31.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,396.0 £m | −5.0 |

## API

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

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