# South Korea Korea: Specialized Stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Specialized Stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 3.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with 4.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 118.8 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.6% (Mar 2020) to 16.6% (Mar 2021), averaging 0.1%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74Q-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-specialized-stores-value-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 118.8 | 3.8 |
| August 2026 | 111.1 | 4.7 |
| July 2026 | 110.4 | −2.0 |
| June 2026 | 113.7 | 5.2 |
| May 2026 | 118.0 | 4.1 |
| April 2026 | 113.1 | 4.1 |
| March 2026 | 121.1 | 8.2 |
| February 2026 | 107.5 | 6.0 |
| January 2026 | 108.1 | 1.2 |
| December 2025 | 118.8 | 3.4 |
| November 2025 | 115.8 | 3.1 |
| October 2025 | 120.2 | 5.8 |
| September 2025 | 114.4 | 0.3 |
| August 2025 | 106.1 | 3.3 |
| July 2025 | 112.7 | 5.0 |
| June 2025 | 108.1 | 0.8 |
| May 2025 | 113.3 | 1.3 |
| April 2025 | 108.6 | 1.1 |
| March 2025 | 111.9 | 2.1 |
| February 2025 | 101.4 | −1.6 |
| January 2025 | 106.8 | 1.7 |
| December 2024 | 114.9 | 0.0 |
| November 2024 | 112.3 | 0.4 |
| October 2024 | 113.6 | −2.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74Q-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74Q-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```