{"id":48173,"date":"2021-04-07T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=48173"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:59:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T06:59:54","slug":"official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Official trade activities between North Korea and China unlikely to resume in April"},"content":{"rendered":"

After North Koreans were spotted repairing trade facilities and installing disinfection devices at customs offices in Sinuiju and Nampo last month, there has been speculation that trade between China and North Korea is set to resume soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Daily NK understands, however, that North Korean officials have not yet allocated <\/span>waku<\/span><\/i> (trade certificates) needed for trade agencies and individuals to participate in state-sanctioned trade activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

A source in North Korea with insight into North Korean trade activities told Daily NK last Thursday that trade companies have completed the administrative processes to receive <\/span>waku <\/span><\/i>approval, but the Workers\u2019 Party has not yet given official instructions about the allocation of <\/span>waku<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge, which connects the Chinese city of Dandong with the North Korean city of Sinuiju. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To receive a <\/span>waku<\/span><\/i>, an individual must submit a detailed proposal containing the name of the trading company they belong to, the nature of the goods they import and export, which Chinese importers they will trade with, and what plans they have to conduct trade in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each trading company has already collected proposals containing this information from the head of <\/span>kiji <\/span><\/i>(a small private business organization of about seven people that is nominally attached to a trading company) and business people who wish to engage in trade activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It typically takes about one month for the Central Committee, the Cabinet, and the Ministry of State Security to review the proposals submitted by trading companies and agencies and approve the issuance of <\/span>waku<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the Workers\u2019 Party has not yet handed down orders about <\/span>waku<\/span><\/i>, trade is unlikely to resume during the month of April.\u00a0<\/span>There is speculation, however, that trade activities could resume at any time given the fact that North Korean authorities could quickly move forward with issuing <\/span>waku <\/span><\/i>if they believe there is an urgent necessity to do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trading companies and business people who acquired <\/span>waku <\/span><\/i>in the past have been ordered to resubmit proposals so their certificates can be reviewed and reissued. However, even these applicants are still waiting for the document screening process to begin, indicating that the <\/span>waku <\/span><\/i>issuance process may take more time than it did in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korean authorities are allowing trading companies affiliated with powerful government agencies that have continued import and export activities even after the closure of the border last January to skip the <\/span>waku <\/span><\/i>reissuing process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These companies are reportedly required to submit reports detailing the total amount of party funds they have spent on trade and what activities they conducted to make sales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the waku<\/em> issuance review process, North Korean authorities reportedly plan to closely check for signs that trading companies engage in import-export activities with South Korean businesspeople or have records of importing South Korean or Japanese goods. The authorities will also investigate whether their Chinese partner companies have links to South Korea, Japan, or the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Border guards stationed in the buffer zone in Chunggang-eup, Chagang Province, were seen wearing gas masks instead of regular (medical) masks. According to the source, the guards began wearing the gas masks on Mar. 15. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIf [the authorities] find that [the companies] are linked to an enemy country, they will likely not be able to receive a <\/span>waku <\/span><\/i>or participate in official trade in the future,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the source\u2019s account, the authorities are reportedly apprehensive about trade activities linked to South Korea, Japan, and the United States, as well as the import of products from these countries into North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

The delay in the resumption of official Sino-North Korean trade activities may be partially related with COVID-19 worries in the country.<\/p>\n

Daily NK recently reported<\/a> that border guards in the Chagang Province border area were wearing gas masks while on patrol.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korean authorities reportedly claimed that the soldiers were wearing gas masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 mutations. The wearing of gas masks may suggest, however, that the COVID-19 situation in North Korea is already out of control.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID-19 is the most important factor in the resumption of trade,\u201d the source said, adding, \u201cIt can\u2019t be said that the [COVID-19] situation in the country is good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

*Translated by S & J<\/em><\/p>\n

Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n
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After North Koreans were spotted repairing trade facilities and installing disinfection devices at customs offices in Sinuiju and Nampo last month, there has been speculation that trade between China and North Korea is set to resume soon.\u00a0 Daily NK understands, however, that North Korean officials have not yet allocated waku (trade certificates) needed for trade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":44025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,645,649],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-economy","category-china-north-korea-border"],"yoast_head":"\nOfficial trade activities between North Korea and China unlikely to resume in April - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Official trade activities between North Korea and China unlikely to resume in April\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After North Koreans were spotted repairing trade facilities and installing disinfection devices at customs offices in Sinuiju and Nampo last month, there has been speculation that trade between China and North Korea is set to resume soon.\u00a0 Daily NK understands, however, that North Korean officials have not yet allocated waku (trade certificates) needed for trade […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-07T07:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Seulkee Jang\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Seulkee Jang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Seulkee Jang\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/194958ce83d17408851c1d378fa83857\"},\"headline\":\"Official trade activities between North Korea and China unlikely to resume in April\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-07T07:00:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":751,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/DSC01362.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Economy\",\"China-North Korea Border\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/official-trade-activities-between-north-korea-china-unlikely-resume-april\\\/\",\"name\":\"Official trade activities between North Korea and China unlikely to resume in April - 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