# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products () was up 11.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 9.7% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 10,369 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.3% (Q4 2023) to 50.9% (Q2 2021), averaging 5.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C20`
- 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-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 10,369 £m | 11.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 10,045 £m | 9.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 8,788.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 8,842.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 9,278.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,157.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,457.0 £m | −8.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,409.0 £m | −3.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 9,049.0 £m | −6.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,501.0 £m | −13.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 9,226.0 £m | −19.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 8,676.0 £m | −23.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 9,718.0 £m | −10.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 10,961 £m | −3.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 11,404 £m | 9.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 11,312 £m | 17.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 10,883 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 11,375 £m | 18.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 10,404 £m | 18.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 9,639.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 9,860.0 £m | 35.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 9,616.0 £m | 50.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 8,785.0 £m | 26.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 8,576.0 £m | 16.8 |

## API

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

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