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

South Korea Korea: Supermarkets and other retail sale in non-specialized stores / Seasonally Adjusted Index (BOK ECOS) was up 7.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.6% in August 2026.
The level stood at 85.20 (index).
That is the highest reading since February 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.3% (May 2021) to 9.0% (Feb 2023), averaging −2.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74C`
- 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-i74c

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 85.20 | 7.2 |
| August 2026 | 83.60 | 2.6 |
| July 2026 | 83.90 | −0.5 |
| June 2026 | 82.90 | 0.7 |
| May 2026 | 82.80 | −1.5 |
| April 2026 | 83.00 | −0.7 |
| March 2026 | 84.50 | −1.1 |
| February 2026 | 85.70 | 4.3 |
| January 2026 | 80.50 | −5.6 |
| December 2025 | 82.10 | −5.8 |
| November 2025 | 82.80 | −5.4 |
| October 2025 | 90.90 | 3.1 |
| September 2025 | 79.50 | −9.9 |
| August 2025 | 81.50 | −8.8 |
| July 2025 | 84.30 | −2.3 |
| June 2025 | 82.30 | −5.5 |
| May 2025 | 84.10 | −4.3 |
| April 2025 | 83.60 | −3.7 |
| March 2025 | 85.40 | −3.1 |
| February 2025 | 82.20 | −7.1 |
| January 2025 | 85.30 | −3.4 |
| December 2024 | 87.20 | −1.1 |
| November 2024 | 87.50 | −1.7 |
| October 2024 | 88.20 | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74C"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74C",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```