# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was down 21.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −9.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,115.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −44.0% (Q1 2023) to 110.5% (Q1 2022), averaging 2.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,115.0 £m | −21.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,203.0 £m | −9.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,343.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,161.0 £m | −8.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,427.0 £m | 7.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,330.0 £m | −26.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,300.0 £m | −23.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,272.0 £m | −24.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,327.0 £m | 10.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,818.0 £m | 52.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,690.0 £m | 14.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,687.0 £m | 1.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,204.0 £m | −28.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,196.0 £m | −40.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,476.0 £m | −44.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,661.0 £m | −3.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,688.0 £m | 15.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,008.0 £m | 62.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,635.0 £m | 110.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,719.0 £m | 78.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,462.0 £m | 31.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,239.0 £m | 25.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,252.0 £m | 21.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 962.0 £m | 19.2 |

## API

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

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