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

South Korea Korea: Pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and other goods retail stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was up 3.1% year on year in September 2026, compared with 6.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 148.9 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.4% (Mar 2020) to 34.6% (Mar 2022), averaging 3.3%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74U-I74B`
- 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-volume

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 148.9 | 3.1 |
| August 2026 | 145.8 | 6.7 |
| July 2026 | 142.9 | 2.3 |
| June 2026 | 149.3 | 8.4 |
| May 2026 | 150.0 | 7.7 |
| April 2026 | 152.2 | 9.0 |
| March 2026 | 156.8 | 12.7 |
| February 2026 | 133.3 | 7.9 |
| January 2026 | 139.1 | 14.5 |
| December 2025 | 147.8 | 10.7 |
| November 2025 | 140.2 | 14.3 |
| October 2025 | 138.0 | 11.2 |
| September 2025 | 144.4 | 13.5 |
| August 2025 | 136.7 | 9.4 |
| July 2025 | 139.7 | 10.1 |
| June 2025 | 137.7 | 9.3 |
| May 2025 | 139.3 | 5.1 |
| April 2025 | 139.6 | 9.8 |
| March 2025 | 139.1 | 9.8 |
| February 2025 | 123.5 | 6.3 |
| January 2025 | 121.5 | 2.1 |
| December 2024 | 133.5 | 4.9 |
| November 2024 | 122.7 | 1.7 |
| October 2024 | 124.1 | 3.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74U-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74U-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```