South Korea - Real Change in Inventories





South Korea: Real Change in Inventories

Mnemonic CIVT$.IKOR
Unit Bil. Ch. 2020 KRW, SA
Adjustments Seasonally Adjusted
Quarterly 65.86 %
Data 2026 Q1 1,625
2025 Q4 980.3

Series Information

Source The Bank of Korea
Release Korean National Accounts [GDP, QNA]
Frequency Quarterly
Start Date 3/31/1960
End Date 3/31/2026

South Korea: Business

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Business Confidence Jun 2026 75 76 Diffusion Index, NSA Monthly
Industrial Production May 2026 112.5 117.8 Index 2020=100, NSA Monthly
Change in Inventories 2026 Q1 -2,025 7,716 Bil. KRW, SA Quarterly
Real Change in Inventories 2026 Q1 1,625 980.3 Bil. Ch. 2020 KRW, SA Quarterly

Release Information

Quarterly national accounts for South Korea, including GDP(E) with GFCF and private consumption detail, and GDP(O) with KSIC industry detail. Also annual GDP(I).

Active:

  • National accounts framework: UN SNA 2008
  • Industrial classification: KSIC Rev. 10
  • Measurements:
    • Billions of South Korean won at chained year-2020 prices (Bil. Ch. 2020 KRW)
    • At current prices (Bil. KRW)
    • Associated deflators
  • Adjustments:
    • Original (NSA)
    • Seasonally adjusted (SA)
  • Native frequency: Quarterly
  • Start date: Uniformly 2000Q1

Predecessors:

  • At 2015 prices, SNA 2008 - 2000Q1 to 2023Q4 ("_15")
  • At 2010 prices, SNA 2008 - 1960Q1 to 2019Q1 ("_10")
  • At 2005 prices, SNA 2000 - 2000Q1 to 2013Q4 ("_05")

Global concept aliases:

  • GDP, GDP$
  • G, G$
  • C, C$
  • I, I$
  • IF, IF$
  • CIVT, CIVT$
  • EX, EX$
  • IM, IM$
  • WRT$

Unknown.

Timeliness

The tables for detailed GCF and GFCF are published later than those for the main GDP(E) components.

Moody's Analytics supplements

We back-extend active series using the history of corresponding predecessors.

For GDP(E) we compute various intermediate aggregates, such as trade balance.

The data are provisional when first released. The “advance” estimates are replaced with “preliminary” estimates which are subject to revision until “final” estimates are announced.

  • Sep 2005 - Initial version.
  • Mar 2013 - The source back-extends by 30 years.
  • Apr 2014 - Framework advanced to SNA 2008, currency reference year advanced to 2010.
  • Jul 2019 - Currency reference year advanced to 2015.
  • 24 Jul 2024, Phillip Thorne - Currency reference year advanced to 2020: Properties, Moody's Analytics supplements.