# United Kingdom Index of Production: Manufacture of chemicals & chemical products (CE, SIC 20), CVM SA

United Kingdom Index of Production: Manufacture of chemicals & chemical products (CE, SIC 20), CVM SA was down 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with −2.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 95.90 (index).
That is the highest reading since April 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.1% (Dec 2022) to 24.7% (Mar 2019), averaging −2.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.IP.M.SA.NACE-C20`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 1948-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (945 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/index-of-production-manufacture-of-chemicals-and-chemical-products-ce

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 95.90 | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 94.70 | −2.2 |
| July 2026 | 93.90 | −0.9 |
| June 2026 | 94.70 | −5.2 |
| May 2026 | 95.00 | −4.1 |
| April 2026 | 95.10 | −6.4 |
| March 2026 | 94.50 | −8.9 |
| February 2026 | 94.50 | −6.0 |
| January 2026 | 93.80 | −7.2 |
| December 2025 | 93.20 | −7.2 |
| November 2025 | 96.90 | −2.9 |
| October 2025 | 97.80 | −2.7 |
| September 2025 | 96.10 | −7.7 |
| August 2025 | 96.80 | −5.0 |
| July 2025 | 94.80 | −7.2 |
| June 2025 | 99.90 | −2.0 |
| May 2025 | 99.10 | −1.2 |
| April 2025 | 101.6 | 1.8 |
| March 2025 | 103.7 | 6.4 |
| February 2025 | 100.5 | 3.1 |
| January 2025 | 101.1 | 7.4 |
| December 2024 | 100.4 | 4.3 |
| November 2024 | 99.80 | 5.3 |
| October 2024 | 100.5 | 8.1 |

## API

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

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