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

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 26.7. Optical instruments & photographic equipment () was up 10.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 3.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 330.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.3% (Q2 2020) to 55.4% (Q2 2021), averaging 0.4%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 330.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 300.0 £m | 3.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 310.0 £m | 3.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 316.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 299.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 290.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 299.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 301.0 £m | 20.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 300.0 £m | 7.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 312.0 £m | 10.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 268.0 £m | −17.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 250.0 £m | −8.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 278.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 282.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 326.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 273.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 283.0 £m | −11.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 285.0 £m | −13.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 303.0 £m | −6.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 326.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 320.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 331.0 £m | 55.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 323.0 £m | 17.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 330.0 £m | 16.2 |

## API

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

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