Correction: This story assumed the 1718 Committee’s data on North Korean coal exports was presented by China, but this is not stated on the committee’s website.  The website does not state whether North Korea exported the coal to China, nor that Beijing provided the UN with data on its coal imports in March. 

North Korea exported a small amount of coal to China in March, according to the UN 1718 Committee’s website, contrary to data released for the same month by China’s customs agency.

The UN’s 1718 Committee monitors DPRK coal imports from