# South Korea Korea: Slaughtering of Livestock, Processing, Preserving of Meat and Meat Products / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Original Index) (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Slaughtering of Livestock, Processing, Preserving of Meat and Meat Products / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Original Index) (BOK ECOS) was 151.0 in September 2026, up 8.8% from August 2026 and down 6.1% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since September 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 75.88 (Feb 2019) to 160.8 (Sep 2025), averaging 113.7.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA1-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-slaughtering-of-livestock-processing-preserving-of-meat-and-meat-kr-caputil-m-nsa-item-i32aa1-i11b

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 151.0 2020=100 |
| August 2026 | 138.8 2020=100 |
| July 2026 | 148.3 2020=100 |
| June 2026 | 140.4 2020=100 |
| May 2026 | 133.7 2020=100 |
| April 2026 | 143.1 2020=100 |
| March 2026 | 132.7 2020=100 |
| February 2026 | 119.0 2020=100 |
| January 2026 | 146.8 2020=100 |
| December 2025 | 143.7 2020=100 |
| November 2025 | 129.8 2020=100 |
| October 2025 | 130.9 2020=100 |
| September 2025 | 160.8 2020=100 |
| August 2025 | 137.1 2020=100 |
| July 2025 | 143.7 2020=100 |
| June 2025 | 128.7 2020=100 |
| May 2025 | 132.6 2020=100 |
| April 2025 | 138.2 2020=100 |
| March 2025 | 125.9 2020=100 |
| February 2025 | 122.9 2020=100 |
| January 2025 | 130.8 2020=100 |
| December 2024 | 136.8 2020=100 |
| November 2024 | 129.0 2020=100 |
| October 2024 | 139.6 2020=100 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA1-I11B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32AA1-I11B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```