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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was down 21.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −10.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,191.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −43.4% (Q1 2023) to 112.5% (Q1 2022), averaging 2.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.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-sa-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,191.0 £m | −21.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,186.0 £m | −10.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,207.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,199.0 £m | −11.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,523.0 £m | 6.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,326.0 £m | −27.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,170.0 £m | −21.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,354.0 £m | −25.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,426.0 £m | 14.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,833.0 £m | 53.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,494.0 £m | 14.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,826.0 £m | 3.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,243.0 £m | −32.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,193.0 £m | −42.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,301.0 £m | −43.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,765.0 £m | −4.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,844.0 £m | 22.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,084.0 £m | 66.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,299.0 £m | 112.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,840.0 £m | 84.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,501.0 £m | 29.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,249.0 £m | 22.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,082.0 £m | 19.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 999.0 £m | 17.9 |

## API

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

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