# South Korea Korea: Pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and other goods retail stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and other goods retail stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 4.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 7.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 164.5 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.5% (Mar 2020) to 36.1% (Mar 2022), averaging 4.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74U-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-pharmaceutical-cosmetics-and-other-goods-retail-stores-value

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 164.5 | 4.2 |
| August 2026 | 160.1 | 7.2 |
| July 2026 | 157.2 | 3.2 |
| June 2026 | 164.5 | 9.2 |
| May 2026 | 165.1 | 8.5 |
| April 2026 | 166.9 | 9.4 |
| March 2026 | 172.6 | 13.6 |
| February 2026 | 145.7 | 8.7 |
| January 2026 | 152.0 | 15.6 |
| December 2025 | 162.0 | 12.1 |
| November 2025 | 153.3 | 15.6 |
| October 2025 | 150.4 | 12.6 |
| September 2025 | 157.9 | 15.2 |
| August 2025 | 149.3 | 11.2 |
| July 2025 | 152.3 | 11.5 |
| June 2025 | 150.7 | 11.3 |
| May 2025 | 152.2 | 6.8 |
| April 2025 | 152.5 | 12.4 |
| March 2025 | 151.9 | 12.0 |
| February 2025 | 134.0 | 8.6 |
| January 2025 | 131.5 | 4.4 |
| December 2024 | 144.5 | 6.7 |
| November 2024 | 132.6 | 3.8 |
| October 2024 | 133.6 | 5.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74U-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74U-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```