# South Korea Korea: Clothing, footwear, and luggage retail stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Clothing, footwear, and luggage retail stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 6.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 130.2 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −47.1% (Mar 2020) to 47.4% (Mar 2021), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74S-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-clothing-footwear-and-luggage-retail-stores-value-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 130.2 | 6.4 |
| August 2026 | 113.2 | −0.6 |
| July 2026 | 124.7 | 2.9 |
| June 2026 | 133.6 | 3.4 |
| May 2026 | 160.0 | 11.7 |
| April 2026 | 144.6 | 10.1 |
| March 2026 | 141.5 | 3.2 |
| February 2026 | 119.9 | 15.6 |
| January 2026 | 128.2 | 7.6 |
| December 2025 | 153.4 | 2.1 |
| November 2025 | 162.0 | −1.5 |
| October 2025 | 170.5 | 3.9 |
| September 2025 | 122.4 | −6.2 |
| August 2025 | 113.9 | 5.6 |
| July 2025 | 121.2 | 1.6 |
| June 2025 | 129.2 | −5.3 |
| May 2025 | 143.2 | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 131.3 | −8.0 |
| March 2025 | 137.1 | −2.1 |
| February 2025 | 103.7 | −6.3 |
| January 2025 | 119.1 | 9.4 |
| December 2024 | 150.3 | 2.8 |
| November 2024 | 164.4 | 7.2 |
| October 2024 | 164.1 | −0.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74S-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74S-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```