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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 14.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 7.0% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,728.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.5% (Q3 2023) to 46.5% (Q1 2019), averaging 7.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C26-3.PARTNER-NONEU`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (119 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cpa-08-rw-im-cp-bop-nsa-26-3-communication-equipment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,728.0 £m | 14.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 3,197.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,068.0 £m | −3.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,238.0 £m | 1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,245.0 £m | 25.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,989.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,191.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,176.0 £m | −6.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,579.0 £m | −16.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,059.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,284.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,448.0 £m | 7.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,092.0 £m | −20.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,097.0 £m | 0.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,560.0 £m | 12.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,145.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,887.0 £m | 42.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,081.0 £m | 22.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,165.0 £m | 20.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,846.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,734.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,511.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,634.0 £m | 16.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,024.0 £m | 3.2 |

## API

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

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