# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 24.1. Basic iron, steel & ferro-alloys ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 24.1. Basic iron, steel & ferro-alloys () was up 8.9% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 9.0% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,249.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −42.3% (Q2 2020) to 102.8% (Q3 2021), averaging 9.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24-1`
- 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-24-1-basic-iron-steel-and-ferro-alloys

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,249.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,420.0 £m | 9.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,092.0 £m | −17.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,108.0 £m | −14.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,147.0 £m | −9.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,303.0 £m | 4.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,319.0 £m | 25.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,300.0 £m | 28.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,262.0 £m | 16.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,245.0 £m | −10.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,052.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,013.0 £m | −8.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,083.0 £m | −18.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,398.0 £m | −8.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,091.0 £m | −28.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,107.0 £m | −20.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,326.0 £m | 2.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,528.0 £m | 35.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,528.0 £m | 60.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,390.0 £m | 82.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,296.0 £m | 102.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,126.0 £m | 88.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 955.0 £m | 16.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 760.0 £m | −15.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24-1"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24-1",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```