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

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 26.7. Optical instruments & photographic equipment () was up 8.5% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 4.9% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 319.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.0% (Q2 2020) to 44.9% (Q2 2021), averaging 2.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.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-sa-26-7-optical-instruments-and-photographic

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 319.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q2 2026 | 298.0 £m | 4.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 301.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 309.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 294.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 284.0 £m | −9.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 293.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 300.0 £m | 16.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 295.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 314.0 £m | 7.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 272.0 £m | −21.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 258.0 £m | −9.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 289.0 £m | −2.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 293.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 347.0 £m | 26.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 285.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 295.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 282.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 275.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 288.0 £m | −4.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 280.0 £m | 4.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 287.0 £m | 44.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 278.0 £m | 7.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 302.0 £m | 10.6 |

## API

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

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