# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products () was up 2.1% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −6.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 670.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −60.3% (Q1 2022) to 133.7% (Q1 2023), averaging 12.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C21-1.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-21-1-basic-pharmaceutical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 670.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q2 2026 | 660.0 £m | −6.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 675.0 £m | −16.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 648.0 £m | −16.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 656.0 £m | −3.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 705.0 £m | −4.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 804.0 £m | 12.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 776.0 £m | −40.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 678.0 £m | −40.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 737.0 £m | −37.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 713.0 £m | −47.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,300.0 £m | 124.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,142.0 £m | 105.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,183.0 £m | 92.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,351.0 £m | 133.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 579.0 £m | −43.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 557.0 £m | −39.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 615.0 £m | −35.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 578.0 £m | −60.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,019.0 £m | 25.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 914.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 960.0 £m | −8.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,455.0 £m | 67.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 812.0 £m | 4.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C21-1.PARTNER-NONEU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C21-1.PARTNER-NONEU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```