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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was down 14.2% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −9.0% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 851.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.1% (Q1 2020) to 16.0% (Q4 2020), averaging −3.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.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-cvm-bop-sa-20-16-plastics-in-primary-forms

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 851.0 £m | −14.2 |
| Q2 2026 | 929.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 966.0 £m | −4.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 936.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 992.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,021.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,015.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,007.0 £m | 0.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 996.0 £m | −5.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,044.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,003.0 £m | −6.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,005.0 £m | −13.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,049.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,057.0 £m | −19.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,074.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,163.0 £m | −8.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,182.0 £m | −5.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,317.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,283.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,269.0 £m | −17.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,252.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,215.0 £m | 14.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,307.0 £m | 4.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,533.0 £m | 16.0 |

## API

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

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