# South Korea Korea: Duty-free shops / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Duty-free shops / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was down 3.6% year on year in September 2026, compared with 4.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 79.60 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −51.2% (May 2020) to 99.5% (Jan 2024), averaging 4.2%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74F-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-duty-free-shops-value-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 79.60 | −3.6 |
| August 2026 | 82.10 | 4.1 |
| July 2026 | 82.50 | 15.9 |
| June 2026 | 87.30 | 3.9 |
| May 2026 | 86.00 | 5.5 |
| April 2026 | 86.60 | −5.6 |
| March 2026 | 83.80 | −0.1 |
| February 2026 | 74.50 | −3.7 |
| January 2026 | 82.90 | 12.2 |
| December 2025 | 86.60 | −11.1 |
| November 2025 | 77.20 | −1.7 |
| October 2025 | 81.10 | −5.7 |
| September 2025 | 82.60 | −10.6 |
| August 2025 | 78.90 | −16.2 |
| July 2025 | 71.20 | −19.8 |
| June 2025 | 84.00 | −9.5 |
| May 2025 | 81.50 | −16.1 |
| April 2025 | 91.70 | −5.3 |
| March 2025 | 83.90 | −8.6 |
| February 2025 | 77.40 | 9.3 |
| January 2025 | 73.90 | −40.0 |
| December 2024 | 97.40 | −3.8 |
| November 2024 | 78.50 | −12.2 |
| October 2024 | 86.00 | −16.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74F-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74F-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```