# South Korea Korea: Manufacture of Food Products / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Original Index) (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Manufacture of Food Products / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Original Index) (BOK ECOS) was 117.3 in September 2026, up 1.7% from August 2026 and down 5.3% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 83.20 (Feb 2019) to 123.9 (Sep 2025), averaging 105.7.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA-I11B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: 2020=100
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-manufacture-of-food-products-index-of-manufacturing-capacity

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 117.3 2020=100 |
| August 2026 | 115.3 2020=100 |
| July 2026 | 118.1 2020=100 |
| June 2026 | 117.6 2020=100 |
| May 2026 | 111.5 2020=100 |
| April 2026 | 118.2 2020=100 |
| March 2026 | 114.6 2020=100 |
| February 2026 | 99.80 2020=100 |
| January 2026 | 118.8 2020=100 |
| December 2025 | 120.5 2020=100 |
| November 2025 | 113.0 2020=100 |
| October 2025 | 108.4 2020=100 |
| September 2025 | 123.9 2020=100 |
| August 2025 | 111.1 2020=100 |
| July 2025 | 118.0 2020=100 |
| June 2025 | 110.7 2020=100 |
| May 2025 | 112.8 2020=100 |
| April 2025 | 120.0 2020=100 |
| March 2025 | 114.5 2020=100 |
| February 2025 | 109.4 2020=100 |
| January 2025 | 111.7 2020=100 |
| December 2024 | 116.1 2020=100 |
| November 2024 | 114.0 2020=100 |
| October 2024 | 118.4 2020=100 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA-I11B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA-I11B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```