# South Korea Korea: Processing and Preserving of Fishes and Edible Seaweeds / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Original Index) (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Processing and Preserving of Fishes and Edible Seaweeds / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Original Index) (BOK ECOS) was 116.3 in September 2026, up 9.7% from August 2026 and down 15.0% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 85.74 (Feb 2019) to 136.9 (Sep 2025), averaging 106.9.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA2-I11B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: 2020=100
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-processing-and-preserving-of-fishes-and-edible-seaweeds-index-of-kr-caputil-m-nsa-item-i32aa2-i11b

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 116.3 2020=100 |
| August 2026 | 106.0 2020=100 |
| July 2026 | 107.5 2020=100 |
| June 2026 | 106.9 2020=100 |
| May 2026 | 95.20 2020=100 |
| April 2026 | 105.1 2020=100 |
| March 2026 | 113.2 2020=100 |
| February 2026 | 111.1 2020=100 |
| January 2026 | 132.8 2020=100 |
| December 2025 | 131.2 2020=100 |
| November 2025 | 117.8 2020=100 |
| October 2025 | 115.2 2020=100 |
| September 2025 | 136.9 2020=100 |
| August 2025 | 106.2 2020=100 |
| July 2025 | 113.3 2020=100 |
| June 2025 | 102.1 2020=100 |
| May 2025 | 111.1 2020=100 |
| April 2025 | 114.4 2020=100 |
| March 2025 | 113.5 2020=100 |
| February 2025 | 116.5 2020=100 |
| January 2025 | 132.9 2020=100 |
| December 2024 | 121.0 2020=100 |
| November 2024 | 112.9 2020=100 |
| October 2024 | 120.1 2020=100 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA2-I11B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA2-I11B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```