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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 16.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 4.9% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,731.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.7% (Q3 2023) to 46.7% (Q1 2019), averaging 6.2%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,731.0 £m | 16.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 3,153.0 £m | 4.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,020.0 £m | −5.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,129.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,197.0 £m | 25.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,006.0 £m | −1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,178.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,175.0 £m | −3.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,551.0 £m | −15.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,046.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,326.0 £m | −1.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,345.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,014.0 £m | −26.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,973.0 £m | −15.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,374.0 £m | −6.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,022.0 £m | −9.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,111.0 £m | 31.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,534.0 £m | 24.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,597.0 £m | 20.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,456.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,139.0 £m | 1.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,849.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,995.0 £m | 21.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,371.0 £m | 6.2 |

## API

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

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