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Because hopes of expanded trade have been frustrated several times before, North Koreans are not rushing out to secure foreign exchange even when the government hands down orders regarding the expansion of trade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Daily NK\u2019s recent survey of North Korean currency rates and market prices, the US dollar was trading at KPW 8,400 in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province as of Feb. 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As that figure represents a mere 0.2% increase from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-rice-prices-skyrocket-possibly-fueled-by-patriotic-rice-campaign\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previous survey on Feb. 5,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when the dollar was trading at KPW 8,380, the rate does not appear to have changed significantly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Pyongyang as well, the dollar was trading at KPW 8,360, more or less what it was on Feb. 5, when it was trading at KPW 8,370.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dollar regained the KPW 8,000 line in late July and has remained in the low-to-mid KPW 8,000s for seven months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to January 2020, just prior to North Korea\u2019s closure of its border, when the dollar was trading between KPW 8,300 and 8,400, the current exchange rate appears to have recovered to levels seen before the closure of the country&#8217;s borders in January 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>YUAN CLIMBS FASTER THAN THE DOLLAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of yuan, the rate continues to climb faster than the dollar, but nevertheless, the Chinese currency has remained between KPW 1,100 and KPW 1,200 for three months since late November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The yuan was trading at KWP 1,190 in Pyongyang as of Feb. 19, 2.5% higher than it was on Feb. 5 when it was trading at KPW 1,160, while in Sinuiju, it was trading at KPW 1,230, 2.5% higher than it was on Feb. 5, when it was trading at KPW 1,200.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hyesan, Yanggang Province, the yuan was trading at a similar level to Pyongyang and Sinuiju.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the growing international strength of the dollar, the yuan is rising faster than the dollar amid government trade-related directives being handed down to Yanggang Province and North Hamgyong Province and preparations being made to reopen customs offices. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State-led trade led by major trading firms operating under powerful state agencies has usually been conducted in dollars through Nampo Port or Sinuiju. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, the small and medium-sized trading companies that conduct provincial-level trade are showing a preference for yuan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CONTINUED HOPES FOR RESTART OF TRADE IN MARCH<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With rising expectations of reopened trade repeatedly dashed over the last three years, trade-related directives from the North Korean authorities are not immediately translating into renewed trade, a reporting partner in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK recently, speaking on condition of anonymity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, North Korean authorities <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-issues-order-provinces-increase-efforts-earn-foreign-currency\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">issued orders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Feb. 10 to provincial trading agencies calling for submissions of general plans for import and export activities and foreign currency acquisition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reporting partner said trade has failed to restart several times during the COVID period even after the authorities said it would.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs long as the government issues no clear permissions [to resume] trade, orders to merely prepare [to restart trade] are not leading people to buy yuan,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, trade officials involved in China-North Korea trade still hope that trade will expand from March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A reporting partner in China, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, told Daily NK that trade between North Korea and China is currently flowing \u201csmoothly.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen the two sessions [the meetings of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference and National People\u2019s Congress] are complete, trade will open up a bit more in Sinuiju, Yanggang Province, and 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Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live in and around North Korea. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/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\/20230223-1\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A regular Daily NK survey of currency rates has found that North Korea\u2019s foreign exchange rates continue to rise, but the rate of ascent has declined to a certain extent. 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