# South Korea Korea: (less) Imports of goods and services (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: (less) Imports of goods and services (BOK ECOS) was up 28.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 10.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 339,440 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.9% (Q3 2023) to 46.7% (Q4 2021), averaging 8.8%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10401`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-less-imports-of-goods-and-services-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 339,440 ₩ billion | 28.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 297,236 ₩ billion | 10.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 279,472 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 271,025 ₩ billion | 2.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 264,521 ₩ billion | 0.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 269,598 ₩ billion | 9.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 263,874 ₩ billion | 7.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 264,454 ₩ billion | 12.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 262,928 ₩ billion | 6.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 246,546 ₩ billion | −2.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 244,553 ₩ billion | −9.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 235,584 ₩ billion | −17.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 247,804 ₩ billion | −6.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 253,949 ₩ billion | 6.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 269,534 ₩ billion | 16.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 286,942 ₩ billion | 39.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 264,872 ₩ billion | 35.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 237,868 ₩ billion | 37.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 231,001 ₩ billion | 46.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 206,071 ₩ billion | 31.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 195,865 ₩ billion | 28.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 173,259 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 157,461 ₩ billion | −11.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 156,917 ₩ billion | −11.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10401"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10401",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```