{"id":55421,"date":"2023-06-20T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T05:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=55421"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T05:56:00","slug":"north-korean-diesel-prices-fall-amid-increased-imports-oil-russia-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-diesel-prices-fall-amid-increased-imports-oil-russia-china\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean diesel prices fall amid increased imports of oil from Russia, China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea&#8217;s recent increase in oil imports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/how-chinas-wedge-strategy-could-tip-the-balance-of-power-on-the-korean-peninsula\/\">China<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/russia-turns-to-north-korean-workers-amid-western-sanctions\/\">Russia<\/a> has led to a fall in diesel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/going-mobile-north-korean-traders-move-business-home-evade-restrictions\/\">market<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-faces-grain-price-surge-as-exchange-rates-soar-amid-economic-turmoil\/\">prices<\/a>, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Daily NK\u2019s regular survey of market prices in North Korea, a kilogram of diesel in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-street-vendors-vash-in-on-early-heat-wave\/\">markets<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/pyongyang-police-crackdown-on-teen-mobile-payments\/\">Pyongyang<\/a> cost KPW 10,000 as of June 11. This was 14.5% less than it did in the last survey two weeks ago on May 29, when it cost KPW 11,700.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The price of diesel in Pyongyang shot up to KPW 12,000 a kilogram in the middle of last month but began falling from late June. Recently, diesel prices plunged by almost 20% in just a month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-arrests-woman-for-leaking-information-to-south\/\">Hyesan<\/a>, where prices tend to be higher than in the interior of the country, a kilogram of diesel cost KPW 16,000 in markets as of June 11. This was 7.9% less than it cost nearly a month ago on May 14, when it cost KPW 12,600, a less pronounced drop than in other regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of Hyesan, comparatively less oil is in circulation because oil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/motorcycle-couriers-become-the-new-hustle-for-n-korean-youth\/\">transportation<\/a> prices are high, along with the fact it is not a major agricultural production area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gasoline prices also fall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK&#8217;s regular survey of market prices found that gasoline prices also fell, but not as much as diesel prices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A kilogram of gasoline cost KPW 13,300 in one market in Pyongyang as of June 11, a 6.3% drop from May 29, when it cost KPW 14,200.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hyesan\u2019s markets, a kilogram of gasoline cost KPW 14,000 as of June 11, a 4.1% drop from May 29, when it cost KPW 14,600.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drop in oil prices in North Korean markets appears to be the result of the government&#8217;s recent expansion of oil imports from China and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea has been expanding oil imports from China since mid-May, and recently dramatically increased imports of refined oil from Russia from early June.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAn order was issued early this month to expand diesel imports for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-students-celebrate-special-meal-after-unpaid-farmwork\/\">farming<\/a> season, and a lot of oil was imported from Russia in particular,\u201d a source in Pyongyang familiar with the situation said. \u201cRussian oil is coming in by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/pyongyang-tests-shipyard-limits-massive-cargo-vessel-project\/\">ship<\/a>, but also by tanker truck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a June 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-deadly-covid-lie\/\">report<\/a> on the website of the UN Security Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-koreas-tourism-drive-leaves-locals-exhausted-from-constant-building\/\">Sanctions<\/a> Committee on North Korea, Russia supplied 67,300 barrels of refined oil from December to April. This was the first Russian supply of refined oil to North Korea in two years and four months. The last shipment reported to the UN occurred in August 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the figure only includes refined oil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-dramatically-increases-fisheries-law-penalties-to-combat-illegal-exports\/\">exports<\/a> officially reported to the UN. If unofficial exports are included, North Korea may have received more oil from Russia than officially recorded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/russia-sends-wheat-north-korea-return-diplomatic-support\/\">reported<\/a> last August that North Korea had imported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/soldiers-and-civilians-profit-from-time-of-opportunity-as-north-korea-collects-military-rice\/\">grain<\/a> such as whole wheat and energy products like oil and gas through the North Korea-Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-vehicle-smuggling-halt-drives-used-car-prices-through-roof\/\">border<\/a>, citing several sources in North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of sources who live inside North Korea, China and elsewhere. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-intensifies-indoctrination-promoting-complete-nation-status-under-new-doctrine\/\">information<\/a> about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<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\/20230616-1\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea&#8217;s recent increase in oil imports from China and Russia has led to a fall in diesel market prices, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 According to Daily NK\u2019s regular survey of market prices in North Korea, a kilogram of diesel in markets in Pyongyang cost KPW 10,000 as of June 11. 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