# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was up 19.6% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −11.3% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 5,456.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −40.8% (Q1 2020) to 71.1% (Q2 2022), averaging 4.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C21-2.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-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 5,456.0 £m | 19.6 |
| Q2 2026 | 4,107.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,119.0 £m | 9.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,217.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,562.0 £m | 10.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,632.0 £m | 26.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,774.0 £m | 9.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,522.0 £m | 21.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 4,118.0 £m | 16.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,671.0 £m | 8.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,451.0 £m | −14.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,724.0 £m | −23.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,541.0 £m | −21.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,389.0 £m | −29.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,016.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,892.0 £m | 34.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,511.0 £m | 32.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,824.0 £m | 71.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,732.0 £m | 45.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,629.0 £m | −18.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,413.0 £m | 14.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,819.0 £m | −20.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,573.0 £m | −25.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,465.0 £m | 24.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C21-2.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C21-2.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```