# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 21.1. Basic pharmaceutical products () was down 4.6% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −1.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 1,596.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.6% (Q2 2019) to 60.2% (Q2 2020), averaging 3.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-1`
- 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-cvm-bop-nsa-21-1-basic-pharmaceutical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 1,596.0 £m | −4.6 |
| Q2 2026 | 1,702.0 £m | −1.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,718.0 £m | −11.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,691.0 £m | −8.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,673.0 £m | −4.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,726.0 £m | −0.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,939.0 £m | 12.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,846.0 £m | −4.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,745.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,739.0 £m | 10.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,720.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,924.0 £m | 33.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,641.0 £m | 18.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,568.0 £m | −8.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,685.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,442.0 £m | −20.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,390.0 £m | −21.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,714.0 £m | −6.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,822.0 £m | −23.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,816.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,769.0 £m | 3.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,824.0 £m | −12.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,376.0 £m | 32.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,740.0 £m | 7.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-1"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-1",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```