# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 21.2. Pharmaceutical preparations () was up 8.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −8.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 6,398.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.2% (Q2 2023) to 62.9% (Q1 2022), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-2`
- 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-21-2-pharmaceutical-preparations

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 6,398.0 £m | 8.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 5,494.0 £m | −8.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,730.0 £m | 10.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,224.0 £m | −8.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,900.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 6,004.0 £m | 7.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,193.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,700.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,397.0 £m | 12.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,563.0 £m | 17.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,209.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,490.0 £m | −19.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,808.0 £m | −27.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,717.0 £m | −39.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,356.0 £m | −22.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 6,804.0 £m | 14.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 6,624.0 £m | 19.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 7,757.0 £m | 62.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 6,925.0 £m | 62.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,971.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,544.0 £m | 21.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,764.0 £m | −9.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,250.0 £m | −17.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,931.0 £m | 21.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-2"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C21-2",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```
