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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was up 8.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −3.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 404.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.1% (Q3 2020) to 63.5% (Q3 2021), averaging 5.1%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 404.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 347.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 362.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 355.0 £m | −7.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 371.0 £m | 2.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 360.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 363.0 £m | 5.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 383.0 £m | 15.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 363.0 £m | 4.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 357.0 £m | 1.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 343.0 £m | −11.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 332.0 £m | −16.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 348.0 £m | −14.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 353.0 £m | −12.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 386.0 £m | −8.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 396.0 £m | 1.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 406.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 402.0 £m | 12.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 423.0 £m | 47.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 390.0 £m | 41.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 407.0 £m | 63.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 359.0 £m | 23.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 286.0 £m | −5.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 276.0 £m | −16.4 |

## API

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

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