# South Korea Korea: Non-Chained supermarket and other retail sale in non-specialized stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Non-Chained supermarket and other retail sale in non-specialized stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was up 2.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 82.90 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.6% (Feb 2025) to 10.2% (Feb 2024), averaging −3.3%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IB-I74B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-non-chained-supermarket-and-other-retail-sale-in-non-specialized-kr-retsales-m-nsa-item-i74ib-i74b

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 82.90 | 2.5 |
| August 2026 | 81.00 | −1.2 |
| July 2026 | 81.60 | −2.4 |
| June 2026 | 79.90 | 0.0 |
| May 2026 | 82.50 | −1.2 |
| April 2026 | 76.40 | −1.9 |
| March 2026 | 78.80 | −2.0 |
| February 2026 | 77.50 | 8.5 |
| January 2026 | 75.60 | −12.0 |
| December 2025 | 78.00 | −7.5 |
| November 2025 | 79.00 | −5.7 |
| October 2025 | 84.20 | −0.1 |
| September 2025 | 80.90 | −10.3 |
| August 2025 | 82.00 | −8.5 |
| July 2025 | 83.60 | −3.6 |
| June 2025 | 79.90 | −8.3 |
| May 2025 | 83.50 | −5.9 |
| April 2025 | 77.90 | −6.3 |
| March 2025 | 80.40 | −5.0 |
| February 2025 | 71.40 | −16.6 |
| January 2025 | 85.90 | −0.5 |
| December 2024 | 84.30 | −1.7 |
| November 2024 | 83.80 | −3.0 |
| October 2024 | 84.30 | 0.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IB-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IB-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```