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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was up 7.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 12.9% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,060.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.8% (Q3 2023) to 58.6% (Q2 2021), averaging 2.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-20-16-plastics-in-primary-forms

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,060.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,147.0 £m | 12.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 936.0 £m | −7.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 857.0 £m | −8.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 984.0 £m | −3.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,016.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,014.0 £m | 0.10 |
| Q4 2024 | 938.0 £m | −0.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,024.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,075.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,013.0 £m | −18.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 946.0 £m | −25.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,052.0 £m | −26.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,158.0 £m | −26.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,243.0 £m | −13.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,267.0 £m | 0.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,438.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,576.0 £m | 28.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,433.0 £m | 28.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,259.0 £m | 15.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,336.0 £m | 47.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,223.0 £m | 58.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,118.0 £m | 15.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,088.0 £m | 9.7 |

## API

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

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