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

South Korea Korea: Duty-free shops / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was down 5.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 67.00 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −49.9% (May 2020) to 97.8% (Jan 2024), averaging 2.7%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74F-I74B`
- 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-volume-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 67.00 | −5.2 |
| August 2026 | 69.20 | 2.1 |
| July 2026 | 69.60 | 13.4 |
| June 2026 | 73.70 | 2.2 |
| May 2026 | 72.80 | 4.0 |
| April 2026 | 73.30 | −6.6 |
| March 2026 | 70.90 | −2.1 |
| February 2026 | 63.00 | −6.4 |
| January 2026 | 70.20 | 9.7 |
| December 2025 | 73.50 | −12.4 |
| November 2025 | 65.90 | −2.9 |
| October 2025 | 69.30 | −7.0 |
| September 2025 | 70.70 | −12.5 |
| August 2025 | 67.80 | −17.4 |
| July 2025 | 61.40 | −20.5 |
| June 2025 | 72.10 | −11.1 |
| May 2025 | 70.00 | −17.7 |
| April 2025 | 78.50 | −7.6 |
| March 2025 | 72.40 | −10.3 |
| February 2025 | 67.30 | 7.3 |
| January 2025 | 64.00 | −41.0 |
| December 2024 | 83.90 | −6.0 |
| November 2024 | 67.90 | −14.5 |
| October 2024 | 74.50 | −18.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74F-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74F-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```