# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21. Pharmaceutical products & preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 21. Pharmaceutical products & preparations () was up 6.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −9.1% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 8,311.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.9% (Q1 2020) to 55.8% (Q2 2022), averaging 3.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C21`
- 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-pharmaceutical-products-and-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 8,311.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 7,050.0 £m | −9.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 7,251.0 £m | 2.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 7,186.0 £m | −5.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 7,778.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 7,756.0 £m | 7.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,054.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,630.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,149.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 7,220.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,920.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,471.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 6,588.0 £m | −16.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 6,471.0 £m | −26.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,608.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 8,420.0 £m | 20.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,922.0 £m | 24.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 8,740.0 £m | 55.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 8,248.0 £m | 40.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 6,969.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 6,384.0 £m | 13.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,610.0 £m | −12.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,869.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 6,988.0 £m | 15.4 |

## API

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

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