# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 23.2. Refractory products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 23.2. Refractory products () was down 26.3% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −13.3% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 14.00 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.6% (Q1 2024) to 70.0% (Q1 2021), averaging 6.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C23-2.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-23-2-refractory-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 14.00 £m | −26.3 |
| Q2 2026 | 13.00 £m | −13.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 13.00 £m | −7.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 13.00 £m | −18.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 19.00 £m | 26.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 15.00 £m | 7.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 14.00 £m | 7.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 16.00 £m | 33.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 15.00 £m | −6.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 14.00 £m | −6.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 13.00 £m | −31.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 12.00 £m | −25.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 16.00 £m | −5.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 15.00 £m | −6.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 19.00 £m | 35.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 16.00 £m | 6.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 17.00 £m | 41.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 16.00 £m | −5.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 14.00 £m | −17.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 15.00 £m | 36.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 12.00 £m | 9.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 17.00 £m | 41.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 17.00 £m | 70.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 11.00 £m | −8.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C23-2.PARTNER-NONEU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C23-2.PARTNER-NONEU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```