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

United Kingdom CPA 08:RW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products () was up 17.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 0.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,816.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.4% (Q2 2022) to 82.1% (Q1 2021), averaging 5.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.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-sa-20-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,816.0 £m | 17.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 3,250.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,348.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,152.0 £m | 6.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,251.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,225.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,100.0 £m | 7.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 2,952.0 £m | 9.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,186.0 £m | 14.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,104.0 £m | 11.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,885.0 £m | −6.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 2,692.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,784.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,776.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,072.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,642.0 £m | −14.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,510.0 £m | −30.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,514.0 £m | −39.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,871.0 £m | −34.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,088.0 £m | −4.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,595.0 £m | 43.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,149.0 £m | 62.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,413.0 £m | 82.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,228.0 £m | 34.3 |

## API

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

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