# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.3. Communication equipment ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 19.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 11.3% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 5,633.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.0% (Q1 2020) to 61.7% (Q3 2022), averaging 6.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-26-3-communication-equipment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 5,633.0 £m | 19.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 4,937.0 £m | 11.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,702.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,834.0 £m | 3.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,706.0 £m | 16.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,435.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,609.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,626.0 £m | −5.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 4,041.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,458.0 £m | −6.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,660.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,924.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,567.0 £m | −16.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,749.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,171.0 £m | 15.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 6,026.0 £m | 28.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,445.0 £m | 61.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,544.0 £m | 40.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,497.0 £m | 32.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,688.0 £m | −13.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,368.0 £m | −15.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,241.0 £m | −5.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,400.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,392.0 £m | 0.0 |

## API

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

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