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

United Kingdom CPA 08:EU:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was up 15.2% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −11.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 5,044.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −40.9% (Q1 2020) to 64.0% (Q2 2022), averaging 2.6%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 5,044.0 £m | 15.2 |
| Q2 2026 | 4,151.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,377.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,020.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,378.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,690.0 £m | 25.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,026.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,352.0 £m | 21.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,981.0 £m | 15.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,744.0 £m | 9.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,685.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,571.0 £m | −25.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,457.0 £m | −24.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,422.0 £m | −36.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,997.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,761.0 £m | 21.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,575.0 £m | 20.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,425.0 £m | 64.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,335.0 £m | 45.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,930.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,807.0 £m | 20.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,307.0 £m | −18.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,987.0 £m | −25.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,697.0 £m | 22.9 |

## API

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

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