# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery () was up 9.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 8.2% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 4,353.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.1% (Q2 2020) to 25.7% (Q3 2017), averaging 5.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C28-1`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (119 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cpa-08-ww-ex-cp-bop-nsa-28-1-general-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 4,353.0 £m | 9.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 4,204.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,033.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,245.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,963.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,884.0 £m | 0.08 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,002.0 £m | 12.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,115.0 £m | 9.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,668.0 £m | −1.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,881.0 £m | 2.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,557.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,745.0 £m | 1.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,726.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,777.0 £m | 13.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,617.0 £m | 12.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,696.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,611.0 £m | 21.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,322.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,228.0 £m | 18.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,416.0 £m | 19.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,974.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,064.0 £m | 24.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,733.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,855.0 £m | −12.6 |

## API

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

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