# South Korea Korea: Department Stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Department Stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was up 2.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with 1.9% in August 2026.
The level stood at 133.4 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.9% (Mar 2020) to 60.9% (Mar 2021), averaging 3.0%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 133.4 | 2.3 |
| August 2026 | 119.2 | 1.9 |
| July 2026 | 130.2 | 9.0 |
| June 2026 | 139.2 | 13.5 |
| May 2026 | 158.8 | 16.7 |
| April 2026 | 137.0 | 13.9 |
| March 2026 | 143.3 | 8.2 |
| February 2026 | 133.2 | 15.2 |
| January 2026 | 144.0 | 7.9 |
| December 2025 | 151.2 | 2.1 |
| November 2025 | 150.3 | 5.8 |
| October 2025 | 141.0 | 6.3 |
| September 2025 | 130.4 | 1.6 |
| August 2025 | 117.0 | 1.4 |
| July 2025 | 119.4 | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 122.6 | −2.5 |
| May 2025 | 136.1 | −0.8 |
| April 2025 | 120.3 | −6.7 |
| March 2025 | 132.4 | −4.2 |
| February 2025 | 115.6 | −5.6 |
| January 2025 | 133.5 | 5.8 |
| December 2024 | 148.1 | −2.1 |
| November 2024 | 142.0 | −0.6 |
| October 2024 | 132.7 | −4.5 |

## API

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

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