# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was up 16.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 2.1% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 7,668.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.4% (Q3 2017) to 31.7% (Q1 2023), averaging 5.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21-2.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-sa-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 7,668.0 £m | 16.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 7,136.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 6,704.0 £m | −13.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 6,453.0 £m | −11.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,585.0 £m | −11.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 6,991.0 £m | −8.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,717.0 £m | 7.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,315.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,411.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 7,673.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 7,201.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,930.0 £m | 15.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 6,807.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 7,278.0 £m | 21.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,352.0 £m | 31.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 6,877.0 £m | 16.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 6,726.0 £m | 17.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,973.0 £m | 11.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,583.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,889.0 £m | 18.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,709.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,363.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,253.0 £m | 7.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,981.0 £m | −0.5 |

## API

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

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