# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was up 9.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −10.9% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 6,571.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.4% (Q1 2020) to 68.4% (Q2 2022), averaging 3.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.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-im-cp-bop-nsa-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 6,571.0 £m | 9.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 5,310.0 £m | −10.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,462.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,378.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,989.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,962.0 £m | 8.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,074.0 £m | −1.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,794.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,445.0 £m | 14.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,489.0 £m | 19.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,141.0 £m | −6.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,411.0 £m | −17.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,745.0 £m | −23.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,585.0 £m | −32.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,492.0 £m | −13.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 6,553.0 £m | 22.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 6,199.0 £m | 27.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 6,832.0 £m | 68.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 6,367.0 £m | 66.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,348.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,875.0 £m | 19.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,058.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,825.0 £m | −14.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,427.0 £m | 23.3 |

## API

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

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