# South Korea Korea: Food, beverages products (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Food, beverages products (BOK ECOS) was down 4.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 4.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 8,527.8 ₩ billion.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.8% (Q4 2021) to 13.3% (Q4 2023), averaging 5.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110301`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-food-beverages-products-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 8,527.8 ₩ billion | −4.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 9,110.8 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 9,148.5 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 8,887.1 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 8,892.1 ₩ billion | 3.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,740.9 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,999.5 ₩ billion | 4.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 8,442.9 ₩ billion | 0.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 8,597.2 ₩ billion | 8.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 8,421.2 ₩ billion | 8.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 8,575.2 ₩ billion | 13.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 8,397.8 ₩ billion | 12.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 7,913.0 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,742.3 ₩ billion | 5.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 7,568.6 ₩ billion | 9.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,455.4 ₩ billion | 10.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 7,451.7 ₩ billion | 8.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,318.2 ₩ billion | 4.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 6,890.2 ₩ billion | −5.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 6,779.4 ₩ billion | −3.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 6,859.1 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 6,998.3 ₩ billion | 9.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 7,313.9 ₩ billion | 12.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 7,027.4 ₩ billion | 8.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110301"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-110301",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```