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

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 20. Chemicals & chemical products () was up 6.0% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 2.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 9,710.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.5% (Q1 2020) to 38.3% (Q2 2021), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.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-sa-20-chemicals-and-chemical-products

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 9,710.0 £m | 6.0 |
| Q2 2026 | 9,396.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 9,072.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 8,986.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 9,163.0 £m | 2.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,163.0 £m | −2.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,676.0 £m | −6.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,596.0 £m | 1.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 8,959.0 £m | −4.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,371.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 9,259.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 8,510.0 £m | −15.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 9,394.0 £m | −0.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 10,133 £m | −3.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 10,178 £m | −1.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 10,103 £m | 0.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 9,469.0 £m | −10.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 10,509 £m | −3.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 10,305 £m | −2.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 10,053 £m | −4.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 10,539 £m | 20.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 10,860 £m | 38.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 10,613 £m | 24.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 10,560 £m | 19.1 |

## API

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

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