# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery () was up 6.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 2.2% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 4,561.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.3% (Q2 2020) to 52.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 5.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C28-1`
- 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-28-1-general-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 4,561.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 4,487.0 £m | 2.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,386.0 £m | 9.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,209.0 £m | 9.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,266.0 £m | 5.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,392.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,022.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,859.0 £m | −8.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 4,053.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,302.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,816.0 £m | −3.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,208.0 £m | 11.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,984.0 £m | 19.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,231.0 £m | 15.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,964.0 £m | 17.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,768.0 £m | 23.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,341.0 £m | 0.09 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,667.0 £m | 6.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,365.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,054.0 £m | −5.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,338.0 £m | 27.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,439.0 £m | 52.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,210.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,221.0 £m | −7.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C28-1"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C28-1",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```