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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 13.3% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 4.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,958.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.0% (Q3 2023) to 43.1% (Q1 2019), averaging 6.0%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,958.0 £m | 13.3 |
| Q2 2026 | 3,469.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,180.0 £m | −3.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,398.0 £m | −0.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,493.0 £m | 20.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,309.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,310.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,422.0 £m | −6.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,896.0 £m | −11.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,358.0 £m | 1.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,422.0 £m | −0.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,645.0 £m | 9.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,287.0 £m | −25.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,321.0 £m | −13.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,453.0 £m | −7.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,327.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,382.0 £m | 32.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,843.0 £m | 20.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,712.0 £m | 16.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,761.0 £m | 2.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,302.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,192.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,184.0 £m | 19.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,659.0 £m | 4.0 |

## API

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

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