# United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products () was up 3.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −4.0% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 647.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −72.2% (Q1 2022) to 162.4% (Q4 2023), averaging 13.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-1.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-21-1-basic-pharmaceutical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 647.0 £m | 3.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 647.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 659.0 £m | −11.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 614.0 £m | −16.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 624.0 £m | −8.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 674.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 748.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 731.0 £m | −44.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 683.0 £m | −40.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 747.0 £m | −32.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 743.0 £m | −38.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,320.0 £m | 162.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,156.0 £m | 149.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,098.0 £m | 116.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,200.0 £m | 130.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 503.0 £m | −59.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 463.0 £m | −60.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 508.0 £m | −59.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 521.0 £m | −72.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,228.0 £m | 23.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,178.0 £m | 12.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,253.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,871.0 £m | 75.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 994.0 £m | 4.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-1.PARTNER-NONEU"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-1.PARTNER-NONEU",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```