# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 24. Basic metals ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:EX:CP:BOP:NSA: 24. Basic metals () was up 4.6% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 3.7% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 2,971.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −80.7% (Q4 2020) to 643.2% (Q3 2022), averaging 42.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24.PARTNER-NONEU`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (119 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cpa-08-rw-ex-cp-bop-nsa-24-basic-metals

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 2,971.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q2 2026 | 2,584.0 £m | 3.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,311.0 £m | 111.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 2,563.0 £m | 81.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,839.0 £m | −23.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,491.0 £m | 34.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,511.0 £m | −50.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,414.0 £m | −80.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,706.0 £m | −13.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,849.0 £m | −70.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,025.0 £m | −36.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,154.0 £m | −64.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,259.0 £m | −72.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 6,189.0 £m | 15.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,864.0 £m | 166.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 20,029 £m | 248.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 15,272 £m | 643.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,379.0 £m | 24.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,955.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,747.0 £m | 117.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,055.0 £m | −21.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,310.0 £m | −55.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,277.0 £m | −5.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,643.0 £m | −80.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24.PARTNER-NONEU"

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