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

South Korea Korea: Other retail sales not in stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was down 4.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with −6.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 85.50 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.9% (Mar 2024) to 11.7% (Feb 2023), averaging −4.6%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74VC-I74B`
- 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-volume-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 85.50 | −4.5 |
| August 2026 | 71.40 | −6.1 |
| July 2026 | 77.70 | −5.7 |
| June 2026 | 82.10 | 2.9 |
| May 2026 | 76.40 | −5.0 |
| April 2026 | 83.60 | 0.6 |
| March 2026 | 87.20 | 8.2 |
| February 2026 | 73.40 | −4.2 |
| January 2026 | 80.20 | 3.2 |
| December 2025 | 77.60 | −3.5 |
| November 2025 | 72.80 | −4.7 |
| October 2025 | 78.30 | −3.3 |
| September 2025 | 89.50 | 6.4 |
| August 2025 | 76.00 | −9.0 |
| July 2025 | 82.40 | −4.8 |
| June 2025 | 79.80 | −3.0 |
| May 2025 | 80.40 | −9.8 |
| April 2025 | 83.10 | −10.7 |
| March 2025 | 80.60 | −5.0 |
| February 2025 | 76.60 | −16.2 |
| January 2025 | 77.70 | −15.7 |
| December 2024 | 80.40 | −7.5 |
| November 2024 | 76.40 | −13.3 |
| October 2024 | 81.00 | −6.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74VC-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74VC-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```