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

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 26.7. Optical instruments & photographic equipment () was up 10.2% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 4.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 313.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.8% (Q2 2020) to 46.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 2.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-26-7-optical-instruments-and-photographic

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 313.0 £m | 10.2 |
| Q2 2026 | 286.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 305.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 326.0 £m | 2.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 284.0 £m | −2.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 274.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 296.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 317.0 £m | 14.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 291.0 £m | 1.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 304.0 £m | 7.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 269.0 £m | −21.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 276.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 287.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 283.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 341.0 £m | 26.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 306.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 292.0 £m | 4.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 270.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 269.0 £m | 0.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 313.0 £m | −6.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 279.0 £m | 5.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 273.0 £m | 46.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 268.0 £m | 10.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 333.0 £m | 9.9 |

## API

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

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