# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CP:BOP:SA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products () was up 11.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 9.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 10,158 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.3% (Q4 2023) to 49.4% (Q2 2021), averaging 5.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.NACE-C20`
- 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-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 10,158 £m | 11.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 9,903.0 £m | 9.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 8,989.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 8,940.0 £m | 5.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 9,087.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,045.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,662.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,493.0 £m | −3.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 8,909.0 £m | −7.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,417.0 £m | −13.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 9,366.0 £m | −18.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 8,784.0 £m | −23.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 9,611.0 £m | −10.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 10,907 £m | −3.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 11,457 £m | 9.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 11,450 £m | 18.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 10,700 £m | 10.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 11,342 £m | 18.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 10,482 £m | 17.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 9,704.0 £m | 11.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 9,660.0 £m | 35.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 9,593.0 £m | 49.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 8,943.0 £m | 28.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 8,724.0 £m | 18.6 |

## API

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

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