# South Korea Korea: Food, household goods and recreation retail stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Food, household goods and recreation retail stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 6.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with −6.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 103.7 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.1% (Jan 2024) to 24.1% (Jan 2022), averaging −1.7%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74T-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-food-household-goods-and-recreation-retail-stores-value-index-bok

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 103.7 | 6.0 |
| August 2026 | 81.90 | −6.1 |
| July 2026 | 84.10 | −2.9 |
| June 2026 | 84.20 | 1.8 |
| May 2026 | 88.90 | 0.5 |
| April 2026 | 85.10 | −2.2 |
| March 2026 | 89.30 | −2.3 |
| February 2026 | 99.50 | 21.9 |
| January 2026 | 87.20 | −17.0 |
| December 2025 | 99.40 | 0.9 |
| November 2025 | 90.10 | −1.3 |
| October 2025 | 100.0 | 9.9 |
| September 2025 | 97.80 | −6.7 |
| August 2025 | 87.20 | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 86.60 | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 82.70 | −4.7 |
| May 2025 | 88.50 | −3.7 |
| April 2025 | 87.00 | −0.1 |
| March 2025 | 91.40 | −2.4 |
| February 2025 | 81.60 | −18.0 |
| January 2025 | 105.1 | 10.6 |
| December 2024 | 98.50 | −5.8 |
| November 2024 | 91.30 | −5.3 |
| October 2024 | 91.00 | −5.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74T-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74T-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```