# South Korea Korea: Chemicals and chemical products (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Chemicals and chemical products (BOK ECOS) was up 1.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 27,324 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.0% (Q4 2022) to 13.2% (Q1 2021), averaging 2.9%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110305`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-chemicals-and-chemical-products-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 27,324 ₩ billion | 1.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 27,037 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 27,004 ₩ billion | 0.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 26,351 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 26,890 ₩ billion | 2.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 26,304 ₩ billion | 2.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 26,947 ₩ billion | 6.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 25,645 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 26,253 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 25,713 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 25,270 ₩ billion | 3.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 24,945 ₩ billion | 3.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 24,763 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 24,717 ₩ billion | −5.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 24,524 ₩ billion | −7.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 24,166 ₩ billion | −6.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 24,420 ₩ billion | 3.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 26,206 ₩ billion | 9.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 26,356 ₩ billion | 11.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 25,772 ₩ billion | 13.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 23,634 ₩ billion | 9.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 23,941 ₩ billion | 13.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 23,647 ₩ billion | 10.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 22,781 ₩ billion | 5.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110305"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110305",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```