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

South Korea Korea: Retail sales not in stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was down 0.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 4.3% in August 2026.
The level stood at 124.4 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.6% (Dec 2022) to 32.9% (Sep 2020), averaging 8.6%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74V-I74B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-retail-sales-not-in-stores-volume-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 124.4 | −0.5 |
| August 2026 | 117.2 | 4.3 |
| July 2026 | 123.8 | 2.8 |
| June 2026 | 125.1 | 9.2 |
| May 2026 | 126.3 | 7.0 |
| April 2026 | 121.2 | 4.2 |
| March 2026 | 129.1 | 8.7 |
| February 2026 | 112.2 | −0.3 |
| January 2026 | 121.8 | 6.1 |
| December 2025 | 123.7 | 3.5 |
| November 2025 | 123.9 | 0.2 |
| October 2025 | 116.1 | −0.7 |
| September 2025 | 125.0 | 11.9 |
| August 2025 | 112.4 | 1.7 |
| July 2025 | 120.4 | 4.5 |
| June 2025 | 114.6 | 0.9 |
| May 2025 | 118.0 | −1.7 |
| April 2025 | 116.3 | −0.5 |
| March 2025 | 118.8 | 1.2 |
| February 2025 | 112.5 | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 114.8 | −3.9 |
| December 2024 | 119.5 | 2.0 |
| November 2024 | 123.7 | −0.7 |
| October 2024 | 116.9 | −1.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74V-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74V-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```