# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products () was up 17.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 0.2% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,921.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.8% (Q2 2022) to 78.7% (Q1 2021), averaging 5.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C20.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-cvm-bop-nsa-20-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,921.0 £m | 17.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 3,283.0 £m | 0.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,248.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,109.0 £m | 5.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,327.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,277.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,015.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 2,935.0 £m | 9.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,240.0 £m | 15.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,118.0 £m | 12.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,834.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 2,690.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,809.0 £m | 9.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,770.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,055.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,646.0 £m | −14.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,556.0 £m | −30.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,519.0 £m | −39.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,816.0 £m | −35.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,081.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,650.0 £m | 43.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,182.0 £m | 64.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,332.0 £m | 78.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,210.0 £m | 32.5 |

## API

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

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