# South Korea Korea: Changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables (BOK ECOS) was up 179.8% year on year in Q1 2026, compared with −119.0% in Q4 2024.
The level stood at 984.8 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −176.0% (Q3 2017) to 486.7% (Q2 2018), averaging 44.1%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.INVEST.Q.REAL.ITEM-10201`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-changes-in-inventories-and-acquisitions-less-disposals-of-kr-invest-q-real-item-10201

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 984.8 ₩ billion | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1,625.9 ₩ billion | 179.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 980.3 ₩ billion | — |
| Q3 2025 | −687.2 ₩ billion | — |
| Q2 2025 | −410.2 ₩ billion | — |
| Q1 2025 | 581.1 ₩ billion | — |
| Q4 2024 | −606.7 ₩ billion | −119.0 |
| Q3 2024 | −962.3 ₩ billion | −135.7 |
| Q2 2024 | −1,590.9 ₩ billion | −133.6 |
| Q1 2024 | −1,192.5 ₩ billion | −110.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,195.4 ₩ billion | −56.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,692.0 ₩ billion | −66.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,734.4 ₩ billion | −17.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 11,264 ₩ billion | 184.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 7,360.5 ₩ billion | 91.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 8,118.0 ₩ billion | 224.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,756.4 ₩ billion | 69.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,963.9 ₩ billion | 276.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,846.7 ₩ billion | 351.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,502.7 ₩ billion | — |
| Q2 2021 | 3,388.9 ₩ billion | −53.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,053.3 ₩ billion | −68.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 852.8 ₩ billion | — |
| Q3 2020 | −1,490.0 ₩ billion | −151.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.INVEST.Q.REAL.ITEM-10201"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.INVEST.Q.REAL.ITEM-10201",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```