North Korea Hit Hard As Coal Exports To China Fall 71%

According to Chinese customs data released on Tuesday, the
country imported 512,000 tonnes of coal – mainly the steelmaking
variety – from North Korea in September. Volumes were down 71.6
percent from the same month last year as Beijing institutes the
latest round of UN sanctions on the rogue regime. While the UN
Security Council ban on Pyongyang’s sale of coal, iron ore, lead,
lead ore and seafood are only due to come into force this month,
China began to enforce the restrictions in mid-August. The
September coal cargoes were valued…

According to Chinese customs data released on Tuesday, the
country imported 512,000 tonnes of coal – mainly the steelmaking
variety – from North Korea in September. Volumes were down 71.6
percent from the same month last year as Beijing institutes the
latest round of UN sanctions on the rogue regime. While the UN
Security Council ban on Pyongyang’s sale of coal, iron ore, lead,
lead ore and seafood are only due to come into force this month,
China began to enforce the restrictions in mid-August. The
September coal cargoes were valued…