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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was down 3.3% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 30.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 493.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −57.6% (Q4 2025) to 54.0% (Q1 2022), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.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-sa-20-16-plastics-in-primary-forms

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 493.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2026 | 590.0 £m | 30.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 400.0 £m | −27.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 207.0 £m | −57.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 510.0 £m | −14.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 452.0 £m | −19.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 551.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 488.0 £m | −5.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 593.0 £m | 21.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 561.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 523.0 £m | −15.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 516.0 £m | −20.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 487.0 £m | −28.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 550.0 £m | −28.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 616.0 £m | −10.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 652.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 681.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 767.0 £m | 20.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 687.0 £m | 54.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 653.0 £m | 11.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 623.0 £m | 27.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 637.0 £m | 30.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 446.0 £m | −15.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 586.0 £m | 5.6 |

## API

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

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