# United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 24.4. Basic precious & other non-ferrous metals ()

United Kingdom CPA 08:WW:IM:CVM:BOP:SA: 24.4. Basic precious & other non-ferrous metals () was down 31.1% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with −5.7% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 3,119.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −71.1% (Q1 2023) to 302.9% (Q1 2019), averaging 28.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C24-4`
- 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-24-4-basic-precious-and-other-non-ferrous-metals

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 3,119.0 £m | −31.1 |
| Q2 2026 | 7,181.0 £m | −5.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 7,543.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 8,529.0 £m | 71.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,528.0 £m | 53.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 7,617.0 £m | −16.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 6,972.0 £m | 119.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,982.0 £m | 50.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,949.0 £m | −17.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,109.0 £m | 176.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,174.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,312.0 £m | 13.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,555.0 £m | 27.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,293.0 £m | −57.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,058.0 £m | −71.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,918.0 £m | −12.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,791.0 £m | −51.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 7,752.0 £m | 126.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 10,578 £m | −2.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,337.0 £m | −67.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,732.0 £m | 63.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,420.0 £m | 53.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 10,886 £m | 110.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 10,313 £m | 279.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C24-4"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.IMPORTS.Q.SA.MEASURE-CVM.NACE-C24-4",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```