# South Korea Korea: Basic metals (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Basic metals (BOK ECOS) was up 2.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 6,241.5 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.5% (Q3 2022) to 12.7% (Q4 2023), averaging −1.8%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 6,241.5 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 6,204.2 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,973.8 ₩ billion | −4.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,067.7 ₩ billion | 1.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 6,081.9 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,969.3 ₩ billion | −3.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 6,224.4 ₩ billion | 2.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,987.8 ₩ billion | 1.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,913.8 ₩ billion | −1.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,213.6 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 6,070.1 ₩ billion | 12.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,893.4 ₩ billion | 7.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,988.9 ₩ billion | 2.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,866.5 ₩ billion | −2.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,387.4 ₩ billion | −15.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,494.0 ₩ billion | −20.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,830.7 ₩ billion | −16.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,983.6 ₩ billion | −18.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 6,385.0 ₩ billion | −15.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 6,912.6 ₩ billion | −6.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 6,979.5 ₩ billion | 5.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 7,325.3 ₩ billion | −3.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,571.8 ₩ billion | −0.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 7,361.3 ₩ billion | −1.6 |

## API

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

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