# United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products () was down 0.3% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 4.0% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 5,998.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.0% (Q4 2023) to 26.3% (Q2 2021), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C20.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-cvm-bop-nsa-20-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 5,998.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q2 2026 | 6,195.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,653.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,782.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,017.0 £m | 2.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,959.0 £m | −5.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,502.0 £m | −13.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,567.0 £m | −2.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,849.0 £m | −12.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 6,319.0 £m | −15.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,323.0 £m | −11.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,709.0 £m | −23.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 6,698.0 £m | −6.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 7,452.0 £m | −7.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,140.0 £m | −5.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 7,415.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,158.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 8,093.0 £m | 21.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,525.0 £m | 22.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 6,988.0 £m | −3.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,100.0 £m | 10.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 6,688.0 £m | 26.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 6,128.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,258.0 £m | 11.7 |

## API

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

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