# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was up 11.1% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 11.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,495.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.0% (Q3 2023) to 54.4% (Q3 2021), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C20-16`
- 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-im-cp-bop-nsa-20-16-plastics-in-primary-forms

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,495.0 £m | 11.1 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,553.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,273.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,167.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,346.0 £m | −3.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,392.0 £m | −4.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,376.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,294.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,390.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,459.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,353.0 £m | −19.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,247.0 £m | −26.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,393.0 £m | −27.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,564.0 £m | −23.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,689.0 £m | −7.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,693.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,908.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,053.0 £m | 30.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,833.0 £m | 34.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,602.0 £m | 23.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,720.0 £m | 54.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,578.0 £m | 54.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,364.0 £m | 11.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,297.0 £m | 4.0 |

## API

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

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