# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 24.4. Basic precious & other non-ferrous metals ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:NSA: 24.4. Basic precious & other non-ferrous metals () was down 11.5% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 34.2% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 4,896.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −71.5% (Q1 2023) to 314.5% (Q1 2019), averaging 39.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24-4`
- 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-24-4-basic-precious-and-other-non-ferrous-metals

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 4,896.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q2 2026 | 12,431 £m | 34.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 13,619 £m | 71.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 12,748 £m | 147.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,534.0 £m | 91.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,265.0 £m | 1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,941.0 £m | 164.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,145.0 £m | 64.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,888.0 £m | −16.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,177.0 £m | 172.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,004.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,132.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,475.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,369.0 £m | −62.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,334.0 £m | −71.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,375.0 £m | −3.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,264.0 £m | −48.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 8,903.0 £m | 100.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 11,695 £m | 2.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,487.0 £m | −65.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 6,376.0 £m | 69.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,432.0 £m | 91.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 11,448 £m | 110.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 10,219 £m | 280.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24-4"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.NACE-C24-4",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```