{"id":53309,"date":"2022-11-24T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53309"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:16:48","slug":"north-korea-imports-russian-food-and-petroleum-products-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-imports-russian-food-and-petroleum-products-by-train\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea imports Russian food and petroleum products by train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea has used the freight train service restarted in early November with Russia to import foodstuffs and petroleum products, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observers are wondering why North Korea and Russia \u2014 which had long used ships to conduct their mutual smuggling operations \u2014 have suddenly restarted bilateral freight train service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a source in North Korea on Monday, North Korea used trains to import mostly foodstuffs such as wheat, cooking oil and cheese, as well as energy products such as gasoline, diesel and LPG.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the imported whole wheat was transported to grain processing centers. North Korea imported wheat from Russia in July as well. Indeed, wheat has been a favorite import item in North Korea\u2019s recent under-the-table transactions with Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for improving the people\u2019s food situation by doubling the acreage for wheat during a speech before the Supreme People\u2019s Assembly last September, North Korean authorities have been expanding wheat imports rather than doubling the acreage for wheat as directed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>N. KOREA IMPORTS ALL SORTS OF ITEMS, FROM COOKING OIL TO WOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One noteworthy food item imported from Russia this month is cooking oil. The source told Daily NK that North Korea had never imported cooking oil from Russia before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cooking oil imported from Russia comes in transparent plastic 4.5 kilogram containers, but with no brand names on the front. North Koreans thus cannot check the oil\u2019s date of manufacture or its ingredients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month\u2019s imported Russian foodstuffs included dairy products such as cheese and butter, but they were of low quality. The military received all of the cheese and butter as rations. The source told Daily NK that military personnel really like rice topped with a spoonful of \u201cbutter oil.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of oil products, North Korea imported a substantial amount of oil from Russia by ship in September, too. Diesel oil accounted for the largest share of imported energy this month. The country imported lots of gasoline and LPG as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One item that had been missing from previous seaborne imports \u2014 but included in this month\u2019s imports by train \u2014 was wood. The source said the wood entered the country as thick lumber rather than logs, with most of it likely to be used as construction material.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, North Korea exported nothing to Russia by freight train. Trains were reportedly always empty when they departed North Korea\u2019s Rason Station for the Russian city of Khasan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea had been importing lots of items by ship, with the use of ships being highly successful at avoiding detection by the international community. With the country restarting freight train service despite this, some North Koreans speculate that the country is preparing to send North Korean workers to Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, Daily NK reported that North Korean authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-recruits-more-workers-to-send-to-eastern-ukraine\/\">already selected new workers to send to Russia<\/a> and completed preparations to dispatch them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20221121-1\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has used the freight train service restarted in early November with Russia to import foodstuffs and petroleum products, Daily NK has learned. 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