# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.5. Measuring,testing & navigating equip;watches & c ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.5. Measuring,testing & navigating equip;watches & c () was up 4.6% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 5.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,092.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −35.0% (Q2 2020) to 38.2% (Q2 2021), averaging 5.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C26-5`
- 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-26-5-measuring-testing-and-navigating-equip

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,092.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q2 2026 | 2,976.0 £m | 5.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 2,999.0 £m | 5.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,060.0 £m | 8.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,956.0 £m | 5.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,819.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,850.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 2,832.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,802.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 2,863.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,730.0 £m | −5.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 2,949.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,880.0 £m | 11.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,842.0 £m | 18.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,878.0 £m | 19.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,791.0 £m | 30.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,586.0 £m | 28.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,407.0 £m | 20.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,407.0 £m | 19.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,134.0 £m | −16.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,019.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,994.0 £m | 38.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,012.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,558.0 £m | 10.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C26-5"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C26-5",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```