# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 21. Pharmaceutical products & preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:NSA: 21. Pharmaceutical products & preparations () was up 8.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −6.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 8,275.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.1% (Q2 2023) to 43.3% (Q2 2022), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.NSA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21`
- 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-pharmaceutical-products-and-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 8,275.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 7,174.0 £m | −6.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 7,323.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 7,050.0 £m | −7.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 7,633.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 7,664.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,003.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,656.0 £m | 2.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,193.0 £m | 10.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 7,203.0 £m | 15.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,867.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,473.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 6,511.0 £m | −17.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 6,242.0 £m | −31.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 6,993.0 £m | −20.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 8,282.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,881.0 £m | 9.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 9,066.0 £m | 43.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 8,742.0 £m | 32.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 7,734.0 £m | 0.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,198.0 £m | 16.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 6,326.0 £m | −11.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 6,587.0 £m | −3.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,664.0 £m | 18.3 |

## API

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

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