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Following the central government\u2019s authorization, the province concluded a contract to sell the pine nuts for foreign currency with a Chinese trading company. This fact was then reported to the central government.<\/p>\n
The province also reported to the central leadership that, in return for the pine nuts, the Chinese would provide \u201cfood, sugar, fertilizer, [cooking] oil, and other items sorely needed by ordinary people to improve their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response to this report by the provincial authorities, the central leadership told the province to send the pine nuts to Nampo Port \u201cdue to the lack of preparations [surrounding the building of] quarantine and disinfection facilities for trade [in North Hamgyong Province].\u201d The central government also ordered provincial authorities to conduct trade \u201cas long as measures are taken to the fullest extent to prevent the spread of the contagious virus [COVID-19].\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the source, the leadership further emphasized to the province that it needs to adhere to the country\u2019s \u201cemergency quarantine system,\u201d further mentioning that \u201cthe most important issue is the thorough quarantine of imported items and preventing repercussions [from failing to do so].\u201d<\/p>\n
The source added that the central government ordered that the common people should be given priority for the goods received from the sale of the pine nuts as part of a “New Year\u2019s distribution.”<\/p>\n