North Korea — Trade & Compliance
North Korea's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
Memberships & standing
Trade Flow
- 1China99.4%
- 2Netherlands0.1%
- 3India0.1%
- 4Nigeria0.1%
- 5Uganda0.1%
- 1Prepared feathers, artificial flowers47.8%
- 2Ores, slag, ash11.7%
- 3Iron & steel6.8%
- 4Mineral fuels & oils5.6%
- 5Clocks & watches4.2%
- 1Plastics12.7%
- 2Prepared feathers, artificial flowers9.5%
- 3Man-made filaments6.1%
- 4Animal/vegetable fats & oils5.5%
- 5Furniture, bedding, lighting4.8%
- 1Senegal−12.52pp
- 2Nigeria−6.16pp
- 3Netherlands−3.38pp
- 1Prepared feathers, artificial flowers+42.80pp
- 2Clocks & watches+3.39pp
- 3Toys, games, sports+1.42pp
- 1Mineral fuels & oils−15.87pp
- 2Ores, slag, ash−7.20pp
- 3Iron & steel−6.12pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
Sanctions & restrictive measures
194 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures lists — full lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Key commodities
Top item per category of 25 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA