# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery () was up 12.1% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −0.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,982.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.8% (Q2 2020) to 24.9% (Q1 2026), averaging 3.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C28-1.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-28-1-general-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,982.0 £m | 12.1 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,833.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,934.0 £m | 24.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,691.0 £m | 10.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,768.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,841.0 £m | 9.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,548.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,534.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,573.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,675.0 £m | 2.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,517.0 £m | −3.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,607.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,627.0 £m | 20.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,636.0 £m | 9.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,575.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,481.0 £m | 2.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,352.0 £m | −4.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,500.0 £m | 9.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,548.0 £m | 18.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,448.0 £m | 4.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,421.0 £m | 23.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,368.0 £m | 22.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,310.0 £m | −18.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,380.0 £m | −11.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C28-1.PARTNER-NONEU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C28-1.PARTNER-NONEU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```