# South Korea Korea: Chained supermarket / Volume Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Chained supermarket / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was up 19.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 10.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 111.1 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.1% (Feb 2022) to 31.8% (Feb 2018), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IA-I74B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-chained-supermarket-volume-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 111.1 | 19.5 |
| August 2026 | 101.0 | 10.6 |
| July 2026 | 97.20 | 4.3 |
| June 2026 | 92.80 | 0.9 |
| May 2026 | 93.20 | −1.0 |
| April 2026 | 87.20 | 1.6 |
| March 2026 | 87.20 | −0.1 |
| February 2026 | 96.50 | 26.1 |
| January 2026 | 87.60 | −17.5 |
| December 2025 | 89.10 | −2.0 |
| November 2025 | 88.20 | −2.9 |
| October 2025 | 97.80 | 11.6 |
| September 2025 | 93.00 | −11.7 |
| August 2025 | 91.30 | −8.8 |
| July 2025 | 93.20 | 0.8 |
| June 2025 | 92.00 | 0.5 |
| May 2025 | 94.10 | 1.0 |
| April 2025 | 85.80 | 1.3 |
| March 2025 | 87.30 | 2.0 |
| February 2025 | 76.50 | −18.4 |
| January 2025 | 106.2 | 20.7 |
| December 2024 | 90.90 | 0.2 |
| November 2024 | 90.80 | 3.3 |
| October 2024 | 87.60 | 2.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IA-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IA-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```