# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products () was down 5.6% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −0.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,070.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.6% (Q2 2023) to 121.2% (Q1 2022), averaging 11.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21-1.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-21-1-basic-pharmaceutical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,070.0 £m | −5.6 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,080.0 £m | −0.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,114.0 £m | −5.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,160.0 £m | 9.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,133.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,089.0 £m | 9.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,176.0 £m | 10.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,060.0 £m | 39.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,026.0 £m | 46.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 994.0 £m | 41.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,066.0 £m | 39.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 760.0 £m | −41.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 701.0 £m | −39.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 703.0 £m | −45.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 765.0 £m | −41.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,288.0 £m | 114.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,166.0 £m | 96.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,293.0 £m | 118.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,303.0 £m | 121.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 602.0 £m | −19.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 595.0 £m | −13.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 592.0 £m | −29.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 589.0 £m | −25.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 749.0 £m | −14.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21-1.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21-1.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```