# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 21. Pharmaceutical products & preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 21. Pharmaceutical products & preparations () was down 14.6% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −9.1% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,861.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.9% (Q4 2024) to 57.9% (Q4 2021), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21.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-pharmaceutical-products-and-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,861.0 £m | −14.6 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,846.0 £m | −9.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,882.0 £m | −4.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,847.0 £m | −13.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,179.0 £m | 3.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,031.0 £m | −21.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,974.0 £m | −10.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 2,130.0 £m | −31.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,104.0 £m | −11.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 2,570.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,207.0 £m | −16.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,126.0 £m | 33.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,385.0 £m | −0.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,376.0 £m | −12.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,652.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,344.0 £m | −18.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,401.0 £m | −0.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,699.0 £m | 22.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,877.0 £m | 13.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,859.0 £m | 57.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,415.0 £m | 19.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,209.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,537.0 £m | 43.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,811.0 £m | 11.4 |

## API

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

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