# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 07. Metal ores ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 07. Metal ores () was up 1.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 46.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 226.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −51.0% (Q3 2023) to 120.8% (Q3 2021), averaging 13.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C07.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-07-metal-ores

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 226.0 £m | 1.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 281.0 £m | 46.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 267.0 £m | 20.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 399.0 £m | 69.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 222.0 £m | 40.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 192.0 £m | −16.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 222.0 £m | 0.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 235.0 £m | −5.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 158.0 £m | −29.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 230.0 £m | −22.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 221.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 248.0 £m | −0.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 223.0 £m | −51.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 295.0 £m | −25.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 201.0 £m | −25.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 250.0 £m | −29.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 455.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 395.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 271.0 £m | −17.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 354.0 £m | 58.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 435.0 £m | 120.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 359.0 £m | 59.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 327.0 £m | 109.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 223.0 £m | 8.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C07.PARTNER-NONEU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C07.PARTNER-NONEU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```