{"id":48914,"date":"2021-07-06T13:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T04:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=48914"},"modified":"2021-07-06T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T05:05:17","slug":"north-korea-conducts-large-scale-inspections-aimed-ending-unauthorized-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-conducts-large-scale-inspections-aimed-ending-unauthorized-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea conducts large-scale inspections aimed at ending unauthorized trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities are conducting large-scale inspections aimed at cracking down on unauthorized trade. This has led some North Korean trading companies involved in the trade of \u201cunauthorized items\u201d to cancel their transactions with Chinese traders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in China on Sunday, an unnamed North Korean trading company recently requested its Chinese partner suspend a transaction. The Chinese partner found this absurd as it was already prepared to ship the construction materials, paper, soap, and other sundries that had been ordered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the North Korean trading company did not explain why the transaction had been suspended. It simply notified the Chinese side that the deal had been nullified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the source\u2019s account, the trading company had ordered about 1,800 tons of goods from China, a deal of considerable size and cost. The cargo is in storage in a warehouse in Longkou, Shandong Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the cargo can be stored there for some time since the items ordered by the trading company contained no foodstuffs with expiration dates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trading company is reportedly a large, well-known entity in North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42103\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42103 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"friendship bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge-1068x641.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge-700x420.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Chinese-North-Korea-Friendship-Bridge.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another source in China said North Korean authorities have refused to unload a consignment a trading company ordered in April, even though the goods have already been shipped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince the North Korean trading company isn\u2019t accepting the ordered goods, the freighter is currently moored near Nampo Port,\u201d said the source, who requested anonymity for security reasons. \u201cIt seems there\u2019s an internal situation that won\u2019t let [the company] unload the cargo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Daily NK investigation &#8211; based on information from multiple sources in North Korea &#8211; has determined that the Ministry of State Security, Ministry of Social Security, and disease control authorities launched a joint inspection into illegal trading activity last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On June 3, North Korean authorities <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/us-dollar-chinese-reminbi-plummet-against-north-korean-won-once-again\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">issued an order<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that warned traders against engaging in trade without prior approval from the Workers\u2019 Party, regardless of whether they received a new <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">waku <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(trade certificate). According to the order, unauthorized trade will be regarded as \u201csmuggling\u201d and subject to punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities subsequently formed inspection teams, which are now scrutinizing recent transactions by the country\u2019s trading companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trading companies that tried to import unauthorized goods along with authorized items now appear to be \u201cscrambling\u201d to cancel their deals with Chinese traders or are simply refusing to accept the cargo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNorth Koreans say you can trade only if you\u2019ve gotten permission from that person [North Korean leader Kim Jong Un] &#8211; even if you\u2019ve got a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">waku<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d one of the sources in China told Daily NK. \u201cInstead of trade returning to [pre-pandemic] levels, it\u2019s getting harder [for Chinese traders] to conclude deals with North Korea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During an enlarged meeting of the politburo on June 29, Kim Jong Un criticized &#8220;negligence&#8221; by government officials while stressing the \u201csustained consolidation of the state emergency epidemic prevention system.\u201d This suggests that North Korea\u2019s leadership wants to intensify efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 into the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea continues to erect concrete walls and high voltage wires along the Sino-North Korean border, ostensibly as part of an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As such, more time may be needed until cross-border trade returns to pre-pandemic levels. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%e4%b8%ad%ec%97%90-%eb%8f%8c%ec%97%b0-%ea%b1%b0%eb%9e%98-%ed%8c%8c%ea%b8%b0-%ec%84%a0%ec%96%b8%ed%95%98%eb%8a%94-%eb%b6%81%ed%95%9c-%eb%ac%b4%ec%97%ad%ed%9a%8c%ec%82%ac%eb%93%a4-%eb%ac%b4%ec%8a%a8\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities are conducting large-scale inspections aimed at cracking down on unauthorized trade. This has led some North Korean trading companies involved in the trade of \u201cunauthorized items\u201d to cancel their transactions with Chinese traders. 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