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

South Korea Korea: (less) Imports of goods and services (BOK ECOS) was up 7.0% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 6.2% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 219,205 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.1% (Q2 2020) to 17.3% (Q2 2021), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-10401`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (43 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-less-imports-of-goods-and-services-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 219,205 ₩ billion | 7.0 |
| Q2 2026 | 214,067 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 212,499 ₩ billion | 8.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 204,564 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 204,946 ₩ billion | 4.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 201,626 ₩ billion | 3.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 195,775 ₩ billion | 1.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 196,817 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 196,490 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 194,862 ₩ billion | 5.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 192,621 ₩ billion | 0.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 189,992 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 185,080 ₩ billion | −1.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 185,494 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 191,799 ₩ billion | 6.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 185,133 ₩ billion | 1.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 188,428 ₩ billion | 7.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 182,470 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 180,236 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 182,164 ₩ billion | 12.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 175,226 ₩ billion | 9.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 179,315 ₩ billion | 17.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 171,345 ₩ billion | 6.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 162,144 ₩ billion | −2.2 |

## API

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

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