# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 18.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 12.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,980.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.6% (Q1 2020) to 44.2% (Q3 2022), averaging 6.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C26-3`
- 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-sa-26-3-communication-equipment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,980.0 £m | 18.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,839.0 £m | 12.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,705.0 £m | 9.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,661.0 £m | 14.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,665.0 £m | 13.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,633.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,562.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,453.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,462.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,603.0 £m | 14.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,400.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,406.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,373.0 £m | −7.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,397.0 £m | 13.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,390.0 £m | 27.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,420.0 £m | 31.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,477.0 £m | 44.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,230.0 £m | 11.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,088.0 £m | 9.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,079.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,024.0 £m | −4.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,108.0 £m | 15.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 993.0 £m | −6.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,126.0 £m | 0.09 |

## API

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

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