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

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 28.1. General-purpose machinery () was up 9.2% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 2.1% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 4,739.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.9% (Q2 2020) to 59.6% (Q2 2021), averaging 3.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.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-cvm-bop-nsa-28-1-general-purpose-machinery

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 4,739.0 £m | 9.2 |
| Q2 2026 | 4,534.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,445.0 £m | 9.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,241.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,340.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,441.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,056.0 £m | 7.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,909.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 4,083.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,278.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,760.0 £m | −0.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,082.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,912.0 £m | 17.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,049.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,795.0 £m | 1.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,632.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,327.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,880.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,727.0 £m | 6.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,358.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,694.0 £m | 34.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,808.0 £m | 59.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,517.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,417.0 £m | −9.2 |

## API

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

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