# South Korea Korea: Supermarkets and other retail sale in non-specialized stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Supermarkets and other retail sale in non-specialized stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was up 7.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 91.00 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.2% (Feb 2025) to 13.9% (Feb 2018), averaging −2.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-supermarkets-and-other-retail-sale-in-non-specialized-stores-kr-retsales-m-nsa-item-i74i-i74b

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 91.00 | 7.8 |
| August 2026 | 86.80 | 2.5 |
| July 2026 | 86.10 | −0.3 |
| June 2026 | 83.60 | 0.2 |
| May 2026 | 85.60 | −1.2 |
| April 2026 | 79.50 | −0.9 |
| March 2026 | 81.20 | −1.5 |
| February 2026 | 83.00 | 13.9 |
| January 2026 | 79.10 | −13.8 |
| December 2025 | 81.20 | −5.8 |
| November 2025 | 81.70 | −4.9 |
| October 2025 | 88.10 | 3.4 |
| September 2025 | 84.40 | −10.8 |
| August 2025 | 84.70 | −8.5 |
| July 2025 | 86.40 | −2.3 |
| June 2025 | 83.40 | −5.7 |
| May 2025 | 86.60 | −3.8 |
| April 2025 | 80.20 | −4.1 |
| March 2025 | 82.40 | −2.9 |
| February 2025 | 72.90 | −17.2 |
| January 2025 | 91.80 | 5.8 |
| December 2024 | 86.20 | −1.1 |
| November 2024 | 85.90 | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 85.20 | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```