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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was up 7.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 12.7% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,030.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.9% (Q2 2023) to 57.9% (Q2 2021), averaging 2.3%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,030.0 £m | 7.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,103.0 £m | 12.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 934.0 £m | −8.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 922.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 955.0 £m | −5.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 979.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,015.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 998.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,008.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,036.0 £m | −8.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,008.0 £m | −17.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,013.0 £m | −25.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,039.0 £m | −26.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,126.0 £m | −26.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,221.0 £m | −13.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,352.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,404.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,541.0 £m | 28.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,417.0 £m | 28.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,330.0 £m | 15.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,300.0 £m | 48.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,200.0 £m | 57.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,106.0 £m | 16.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,156.0 £m | 12.5 |

## API

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

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