# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was up 20.2% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 8.0% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 435.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.3% (Q4 2023) to 84.6% (Q3 2021), averaging 9.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C20-16.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-20-16-plastics-in-primary-forms

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 435.0 £m | 20.2 |
| Q2 2026 | 406.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 337.0 £m | −6.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 310.0 £m | −12.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 362.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 376.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 362.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 356.0 £m | 18.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 366.0 £m | 7.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 384.0 £m | −5.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 340.0 £m | −23.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 301.0 £m | −29.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 341.0 £m | −27.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 406.0 £m | −14.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 446.0 £m | 11.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 426.0 £m | 24.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 470.0 £m | 22.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 477.0 £m | 34.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 400.0 £m | 62.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 343.0 £m | 64.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 384.0 £m | 84.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 355.0 £m | 39.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 246.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 209.0 £m | −18.0 |

## API

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

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