# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 20.16. Plastics in primary forms () was up 11.2% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 11.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,461.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.2% (Q4 2023) to 55.6% (Q3 2021), averaging 3.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C20-16`
- 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-sa-20-16-plastics-in-primary-forms

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,461.0 £m | 11.2 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,476.0 £m | 11.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,280.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,257.0 £m | −9.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,314.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,324.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,386.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,384.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,374.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,386.0 £m | −7.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,352.0 £m | −19.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,341.0 £m | −26.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,380.0 £m | −26.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,495.0 £m | −24.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,677.0 £m | −8.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,818.0 £m | 6.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,868.0 £m | 11.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,974.0 £m | 29.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,827.0 £m | 34.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,702.0 £m | 23.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,679.0 £m | 55.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,525.0 £m | 53.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,358.0 £m | 13.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,384.0 £m | 6.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C20-16"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C20-16",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```