# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:EX:CP:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was up 9.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −2.7% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 11,173 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.5% (Q1 2020) to 27.6% (Q4 2016), averaging 4.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21-2`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (119 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/cpa-08-ww-ex-cp-bop-sa-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 11,173 £m | 9.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 10,584 £m | −2.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 10,057 £m | −11.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 9,779.0 £m | −8.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 10,172 £m | −7.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 10,876 £m | −1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 11,343 £m | 7.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 10,657 £m | −3.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 10,984 £m | 12.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 11,017 £m | 6.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 10,510 £m | 1.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 11,043 £m | 9.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 9,747.0 £m | −2.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 10,318 £m | 13.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 10,329 £m | 25.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 10,127 £m | 17.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 9,944.0 £m | 19.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 9,073.0 £m | 14.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 8,211.0 £m | 15.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 8,644.0 £m | 9.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 8,328.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 7,905.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 7,113.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,919.0 £m | 2.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21-2"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EXPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C21-2",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```