# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 24.4. Basic precious & other non-ferrous metals ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 24.4. Basic precious & other non-ferrous metals () was up 6.1% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 23.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,769.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −38.3% (Q3 2020) to 73.9% (Q2 2024), averaging 12.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C24-4.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-24-4-basic-precious-and-other-non-ferrous-metals

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,769.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q2 2026 | 2,161.0 £m | 23.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 2,538.0 £m | 41.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,914.0 £m | 23.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,667.0 £m | 35.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,745.0 £m | −31.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,793.0 £m | 30.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,551.0 £m | 24.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,232.0 £m | −10.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 2,535.0 £m | 73.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,377.0 £m | −3.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,245.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,374.0 £m | −10.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,458.0 £m | −22.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,421.0 £m | −11.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,335.0 £m | 6.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,541.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,872.0 £m | 22.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,609.0 £m | 18.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,252.0 £m | −23.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,589.0 £m | 23.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,530.0 £m | 47.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,360.0 £m | −3.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,646.0 £m | 44.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C24-4.PARTNER-EU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C24-4.PARTNER-EU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```