DPRK’s Foreign Trade: The Impact of Sanctions

The author analyzes the dynamics and structure of DPRK’s foreign trade, as well impact international sanctions. Currently, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, sanctions include a complete ban on country’s main export goods, restrictions import petroleum products use North Korean labor abroad. International aggravation South relations had significant negative effect trade. Until 2013, there was positive trend, but tightening nullification trade Republic Korea led to collapse export-import operations. possibility restoring economic developing cooperation Russia is closely linked resolving nuclear issue lifting