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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was up 20.1% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 8.1% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 431.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.6% (Q4 2023) to 84.9% (Q3 2021), averaging 9.1%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 431.0 £m | 20.1 |
| Q2 2026 | 373.0 £m | 8.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 346.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 335.0 £m | −13.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 359.0 £m | −1.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 345.0 £m | −1.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 371.0 £m | 7.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 386.0 £m | 17.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 366.0 £m | 7.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 350.0 £m | −5.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 344.0 £m | −24.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 328.0 £m | −29.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 341.0 £m | −26.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 369.0 £m | −14.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 456.0 £m | 11.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 466.0 £m | 25.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 464.0 £m | 22.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 433.0 £m | 33.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 410.0 £m | 62.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 372.0 £m | 63.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 379.0 £m | 84.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 325.0 £m | 38.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 252.0 £m | 0.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 228.0 £m | −16.5 |

## API

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

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