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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 28.9. Other special-purpose machinery () was up 5.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 7.1% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 922.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −30.1% (Q2 2020) to 58.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 6.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C28-9.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-28-9-other-special-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 922.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 970.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 941.0 £m | 16.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 907.0 £m | 9.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 872.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 906.0 £m | 18.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 811.0 £m | 19.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 828.0 £m | 14.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 806.0 £m | 2.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 762.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 679.0 £m | −26.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 722.0 £m | −18.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 788.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 797.0 £m | −1.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 923.0 £m | 13.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 880.0 £m | 19.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 812.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 808.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 816.0 £m | 27.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 734.0 £m | 22.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 749.0 £m | 35.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 774.0 £m | 58.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 641.0 £m | 9.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 598.0 £m | −4.0 |

## API

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

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