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

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 26.3. Communication equipment () was up 17.5% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 10.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 5,871.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.8% (Q1 2020) to 62.7% (Q3 2022), averaging 6.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.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-sa-26-3-communication-equipment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 5,871.0 £m | 17.5 |
| Q2 2026 | 5,303.0 £m | 10.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,943.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,975.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,995.0 £m | 14.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,796.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,818.0 £m | −0.02 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,734.0 £m | −6.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 4,365.0 £m | −9.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,867.0 £m | −6.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,819.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,042.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,813.0 £m | −14.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,213.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,343.0 £m | 13.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,161.0 £m | 30.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,653.0 £m | 62.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,973.0 £m | 37.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,725.0 £m | 30.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,965.0 £m | −13.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,475.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,628.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,629.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,558.0 £m | −1.1 |

## API

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

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