# United Kingdom Trade in Goods: Cars (78M): EU: Imports: BOP: IDEF: SA ()

United Kingdom Trade in Goods: Cars (78M): EU: Imports: BOP: IDEF: SA () was down 3.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with −3.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 98.60 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.6% (Sep 2016) to 18.1% (Jan 2023), averaging 2.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.M.SA.GRP-GOODS.ITEM-SKVJ.MEASURE-IDEF.PARTNER-EU`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (357 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/trade-in-goods-cars-78m-eu-imports-bop-idef-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 98.60 | −3.2 |
| August 2026 | 99.00 | −3.8 |
| July 2026 | 100.5 | −2.7 |
| June 2026 | 103.0 | 2.1 |
| May 2026 | 103.6 | 3.2 |
| April 2026 | 102.3 | 2.8 |
| March 2026 | 100.7 | 3.9 |
| February 2026 | 100.6 | 5.3 |
| January 2026 | 100.4 | 4.8 |
| December 2025 | 101.7 | 5.6 |
| November 2025 | 102.1 | 5.4 |
| October 2025 | 102.9 | 4.6 |
| September 2025 | 101.9 | 3.6 |
| August 2025 | 102.9 | 1.7 |
| July 2025 | 103.3 | 2.9 |
| June 2025 | 100.9 | 0.8 |
| May 2025 | 100.4 | 0.4 |
| April 2025 | 99.50 | −0.8 |
| March 2025 | 96.90 | −7.4 |
| February 2025 | 95.50 | −6.5 |
| January 2025 | 95.80 | −6.1 |
| December 2024 | 96.30 | −8.2 |
| November 2024 | 96.90 | −7.3 |
| October 2024 | 98.40 | −2.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.M.SA.GRP-GOODS.ITEM-SKVJ.MEASURE-IDEF.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.M.SA.GRP-GOODS.ITEM-SKVJ.MEASURE-IDEF.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```