# South Korea Korea: Basic metals (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Basic metals (BOK ECOS) was up 8.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 10.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 10,606 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.9% (Q4 2022) to 65.6% (Q3 2021), averaging 4.7%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110307`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-basic-metals-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 10,606 ₩ billion | 8.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 10,802 ₩ billion | 10.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 9,942.3 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 9,728.2 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,740.9 ₩ billion | −1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 9,771.1 ₩ billion | −4.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 9,774.1 ₩ billion | −4.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 9,374.2 ₩ billion | −9.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,837.5 ₩ billion | −3.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 10,249 ₩ billion | 4.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 10,221 ₩ billion | 19.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 10,340 ₩ billion | 4.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 10,137 ₩ billion | −11.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 9,849.1 ₩ billion | −18.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 8,524.1 ₩ billion | −31.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 9,888.6 ₩ billion | −16.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 11,396 ₩ billion | 12.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 12,149 ₩ billion | 50.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 12,525 ₩ billion | 62.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 11,844 ₩ billion | 65.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 10,159 ₩ billion | 48.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 8,051.4 ₩ billion | 8.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,701.9 ₩ billion | 1.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 7,151.8 ₩ billion | −10.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110307"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110307",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```