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

South Korea Korea: Food, household goods and recreation retail stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was up 3.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with −7.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 83.20 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.0% (Jan 2024) to 18.6% (Feb 2026), averaging −4.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74T-I74B`
- 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-volume-index

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 83.20 | 3.4 |
| August 2026 | 66.70 | −7.4 |
| July 2026 | 68.90 | −5.0 |
| June 2026 | 68.80 | −1.1 |
| May 2026 | 73.10 | −1.5 |
| April 2026 | 70.20 | −3.6 |
| March 2026 | 73.50 | −3.9 |
| February 2026 | 80.80 | 18.6 |
| January 2026 | 71.40 | −18.7 |
| December 2025 | 82.20 | −1.6 |
| November 2025 | 74.90 | −4.5 |
| October 2025 | 82.40 | 6.6 |
| September 2025 | 80.50 | −8.8 |
| August 2025 | 72.00 | −3.2 |
| July 2025 | 72.50 | −1.9 |
| June 2025 | 69.60 | −6.8 |
| May 2025 | 74.20 | −6.0 |
| April 2025 | 72.80 | −2.4 |
| March 2025 | 76.50 | −4.4 |
| February 2025 | 68.10 | −19.4 |
| January 2025 | 87.80 | 7.5 |
| December 2024 | 83.50 | −8.2 |
| November 2024 | 78.40 | −6.9 |
| October 2024 | 77.30 | −7.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74T-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74T-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```