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

South Korea Korea: Chemicals and chemical products (BOK ECOS) was down 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 24,011 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.5% (Q2 2020) to 7.4% (Q3 2024), averaging 1.4%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 24,011 ₩ billion | −0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 24,151 ₩ billion | 1.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 24,256 ₩ billion | −1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 24,178 ₩ billion | 0.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 24,167 ₩ billion | −1.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 23,872 ₩ billion | −1.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 24,631 ₩ billion | 5.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 24,116 ₩ billion | 7.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 24,564 ₩ billion | 7.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 24,195 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 23,444 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 22,446 ₩ billion | 1.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 22,898 ₩ billion | −0.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 23,262 ₩ billion | −2.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 22,124 ₩ billion | −5.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 22,147 ₩ billion | −4.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 22,977 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 23,879 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 23,282 ₩ billion | 1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 23,186 ₩ billion | 0.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 22,146 ₩ billion | 6.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 22,548 ₩ billion | 0.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 23,007 ₩ billion | 3.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 22,982 ₩ billion | 3.8 |

## API

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

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