# South Korea Korea: Passenger Cars & Fuel Stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Passenger Cars & Fuel Stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was down 8.3% year on year in September 2026, compared with −11.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 103.3 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.4% (Feb 2024) to 31.3% (Jun 2020), averaging 2.2%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74M-I74B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-passenger-cars-and-fuel-stores-volume-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 103.3 | −8.3 |
| August 2026 | 92.80 | −11.1 |
| July 2026 | 102.2 | −2.9 |
| June 2026 | 111.5 | 4.0 |
| May 2026 | 99.20 | −7.8 |
| April 2026 | 104.0 | −3.8 |
| March 2026 | 117.9 | 7.9 |
| February 2026 | 97.00 | −1.5 |
| January 2026 | 100.6 | 9.7 |
| December 2025 | 114.2 | 5.6 |
| November 2025 | 110.4 | 4.4 |
| October 2025 | 99.50 | −6.3 |
| September 2025 | 112.7 | 12.3 |
| August 2025 | 104.4 | 5.8 |
| July 2025 | 105.3 | 8.3 |
| June 2025 | 107.2 | 7.1 |
| May 2025 | 107.6 | 6.6 |
| April 2025 | 108.1 | 8.8 |
| March 2025 | 109.3 | 4.2 |
| February 2025 | 98.50 | 10.9 |
| January 2025 | 91.70 | −1.9 |
| December 2024 | 108.1 | −4.9 |
| November 2024 | 105.7 | −6.4 |
| October 2024 | 106.2 | 6.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74M-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74M-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```