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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 28.9. Other special-purpose machinery () was up 8.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −0.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,374.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.5% (Q2 2020) to 76.2% (Q2 2021), averaging 4.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.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-im-cvm-bop-sa-28-9-other-special-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,374.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,271.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,286.0 £m | 4.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,274.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,267.0 £m | 11.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,276.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,235.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,242.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,138.0 £m | −15.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,291.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,211.0 £m | 1.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,281.0 £m | 1.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,353.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,242.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,190.0 £m | −1.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,258.0 £m | 29.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,244.0 £m | 20.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,218.0 £m | 14.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,213.0 £m | 24.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 971.0 £m | −5.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,035.0 £m | 28.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,068.0 £m | 76.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 976.0 £m | −0.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,023.0 £m | 2.7 |

## API

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

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