# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 58.1. Printed matter ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 58.1. Printed matter () was up 24.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 16.9% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 723.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 1997.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.8% (Q2 2020) to 24.9% (Q3 2026), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C58-1`
- 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-58-1-printed-matter

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 723.0 £m | 24.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 670.0 £m | 16.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 567.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 629.0 £m | 0.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 579.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 573.0 £m | −2.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 556.0 £m | −23.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 629.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 588.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 590.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 730.0 £m | 22.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 617.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 622.0 £m | −9.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 578.0 £m | −5.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 598.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 664.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 688.0 £m | 16.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 611.0 £m | 19.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 550.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 636.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 593.0 £m | −14.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 513.0 £m | 2.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 517.0 £m | −15.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 760.0 £m | −4.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C58-1"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C58-1",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```