# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 24. Basic metals ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 24. Basic metals () was up 11.6% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 12.3% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,844.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −37.4% (Q2 2019) to 90.7% (Q2 2020), averaging 6.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C24.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-24-basic-metals

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,844.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,834.0 £m | 12.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,928.0 £m | 23.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,683.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,652.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,633.0 £m | −8.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,560.0 £m | −11.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,714.0 £m | −6.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,718.0 £m | −15.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,782.0 £m | −11.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,756.0 £m | −25.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,840.0 £m | −23.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,032.0 £m | −19.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,017.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,346.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,399.0 £m | 10.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,529.0 £m | 23.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,239.0 £m | −3.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,369.0 £m | 38.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,174.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,053.0 £m | 33.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,310.0 £m | −13.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,713.0 £m | −18.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,241.0 £m | 26.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C24.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C24.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```