# South Korea Korea: Other retail sales not in stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Other retail sales not in stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was down 3.4% year on year in September 2026, compared with −5.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 105.0 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.7% (Mar 2024) to 18.1% (Feb 2023), averaging −2.3%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74VC-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-other-retail-sales-not-in-stores-value-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 105.0 | −3.4 |
| August 2026 | 86.90 | −5.5 |
| July 2026 | 94.10 | −4.3 |
| June 2026 | 99.60 | 4.6 |
| May 2026 | 92.30 | −3.8 |
| April 2026 | 100.6 | 1.1 |
| March 2026 | 105.7 | 9.9 |
| February 2026 | 88.80 | −1.9 |
| January 2026 | 97.30 | 5.6 |
| December 2025 | 93.80 | −1.2 |
| November 2025 | 87.50 | −2.0 |
| October 2025 | 95.00 | −0.9 |
| September 2025 | 108.7 | 10.2 |
| August 2025 | 92.00 | −6.0 |
| July 2025 | 98.30 | −2.9 |
| June 2025 | 95.20 | −0.5 |
| May 2025 | 95.90 | −7.6 |
| April 2025 | 99.50 | −8.5 |
| March 2025 | 96.20 | −3.0 |
| February 2025 | 90.50 | −15.0 |
| January 2025 | 92.10 | −14.1 |
| December 2024 | 94.90 | −5.3 |
| November 2024 | 89.30 | −11.8 |
| October 2024 | 95.90 | −4.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74VC-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74VC-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```