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

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products () was up 6.2% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 2.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 9,919.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.7% (Q1 2020) to 39.6% (Q2 2021), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.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-cvm-bop-nsa-20-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 9,919.0 £m | 6.2 |
| Q2 2026 | 9,478.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 8,901.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 8,891.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 9,344.0 £m | 2.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,236.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,517.0 £m | −6.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,504.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 9,102.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,435.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 9,144.0 £m | −10.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 8,400.0 £m | −15.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 9,478.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 10,158 £m | −3.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 10,179 £m | −0.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 9,985.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 9,638.0 £m | −10.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 10,506 £m | −3.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 10,257 £m | −2.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 10,002 £m | −3.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 10,706 £m | 20.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 10,870 £m | 39.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 10,487 £m | 22.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 10,401 £m | 17.7 |

## API

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

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