# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 24. Basic metals ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 24. Basic metals () was up 6.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 18.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 2,927.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −34.1% (Q3 2020) to 52.4% (Q2 2021), averaging 8.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-24-basic-metals

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 2,927.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 3,503.0 £m | 18.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,618.0 £m | 18.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,007.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,750.0 £m | 9.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,956.0 £m | −22.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,046.0 £m | 19.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 2,765.0 £m | 13.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,507.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,823.0 £m | 25.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,547.0 £m | −6.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 2,433.0 £m | −3.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,593.0 £m | −8.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,046.0 £m | −9.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,721.0 £m | −8.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,522.0 £m | 3.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,841.0 £m | 4.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,372.0 £m | 30.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,974.0 £m | 25.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,437.0 £m | −5.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,709.0 £m | 31.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,592.0 £m | 52.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,380.0 £m | 0.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,572.0 £m | 22.0 |

## API

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

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