# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was down 3.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 28.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 503.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −70.3% (Q4 2025) to 48.7% (Q1 2022), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C20-16.PARTNER-EU`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (119 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cpa-08-eu-ex-cp-bop-nsa-20-16-plastics-in-primary-forms

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 503.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 624.0 £m | 28.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 432.0 £m | −26.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 127.0 £m | −70.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 523.0 £m | −10.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 486.0 £m | −16.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 584.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 427.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 585.0 £m | 22.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 581.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 572.0 £m | −14.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 452.0 £m | −23.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 476.0 £m | −30.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 570.0 £m | −27.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 671.0 £m | −8.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 588.0 £m | −2.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 682.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 787.0 £m | 20.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 730.0 £m | 48.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 600.0 £m | 13.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 615.0 £m | 27.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 653.0 £m | 28.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 491.0 £m | −14.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 529.0 £m | 4.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C20-16.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C20-16.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```