# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 26.7. Optical instruments & photographic equipment ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 26.7. Optical instruments & photographic equipment () was up 2.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 19.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 299.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.7% (Q1 2020) to 30.5% (Q2 2021), averaging 2.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C26-7`
- 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-26-7-optical-instruments-and-photographic

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 299.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 301.0 £m | 19.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 287.0 £m | −11.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 268.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 291.0 £m | 11.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 252.0 £m | −11.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 325.0 £m | 22.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 271.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 261.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 285.0 £m | −4.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 265.0 £m | −2.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 264.0 £m | −14.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 269.0 £m | 0.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 299.0 £m | 2.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 272.0 £m | 6.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 310.0 £m | 14.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 268.0 £m | −5.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 292.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 255.0 £m | −5.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 270.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 282.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 295.0 £m | 30.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 269.0 £m | 1.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 268.0 £m | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C26-7"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C26-7",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```