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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 12.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 6.7% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,939.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.0% (Q1 2020) to 43.6% (Q3 2022), averaging 7.6%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,939.0 £m | 12.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 3,557.0 £m | 6.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,264.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,476.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,496.0 £m | 21.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,334.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,357.0 £m | −1.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,391.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,871.0 £m | −12.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,425.0 £m | −2.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,411.0 £m | −7.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,679.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,297.0 £m | −18.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,517.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,704.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,420.0 £m | 6.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,064.0 £m | 43.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,453.0 £m | 20.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,341.0 £m | 18.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,207.0 £m | −3.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,830.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,861.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,827.0 £m | 13.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,319.0 £m | 1.0 |

## API

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

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