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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was up 14.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −11.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 5,087.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.8% (Q1 2020) to 70.0% (Q2 2022), averaging 4.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.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-sa-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 5,087.0 £m | 14.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 4,153.0 £m | −11.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,360.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,055.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,430.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,710.0 £m | 25.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,990.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,367.0 £m | 21.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,993.0 £m | 15.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,753.0 £m | 9.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,649.0 £m | −12.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,583.0 £m | −23.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,455.0 £m | −21.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,442.0 £m | −31.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,190.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,682.0 £m | 34.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,382.0 £m | 30.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,007.0 £m | 70.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,888.0 £m | 46.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,485.0 £m | −19.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,354.0 £m | 15.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,946.0 £m | −20.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,649.0 £m | −25.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,314.0 £m | 23.8 |

## API

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

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