North Korea ramps up textile imports in October, likely for illicit sales scheme



News North Korea ramps up textile imports in October, likely for illicit sales scheme Shipments of fabrics and hair for wigs drive uptick in trade with China, while art exports raise sanctions concerns Anton Sokolin November 20, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korean tailors presenting a new fall collection \| Image: KCTV (Oct. 3, 2024) North Korea ramped up imports of fabric from China last month, official data shows, pointing to a likely lucrative effort to process textiles into other products for illicit export abroad. Different types of fabrics led the DPRK’s imports in October at $20.74 million, up from $20.5 million the previous month, NK Pro analysis of China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) data shows. Hair came in as North Korea’s second-largest import for the month at $11.7 million, part of China’s long-standing outsourcing of wig production to the DPRK. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01What to make of Kim Jong Un’s plenum call for ‘most hardline’ posture toward US 02North Korea building new warship likely to be country’s largest, photos show 03Suspected North Korean drone base and factory face construction slowdown 04Lessons from chaos: What Kim Jong Un sees in an era of global turmoil 05In 2024, Kim Jong Un swaggered on the global stage like never before 06Military dominates Kim Jong Un’s attention in his busiest year in nearly decade 07How Trump’s return could transform North Korea’s quiet ties with Thailand 08How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties

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North Korea ramps up textile imports in October, likely for illicit sales scheme

Shipments of fabrics and hair for wigs drive uptick in trade with China, while art exports raise sanctions concerns

Anton Sokolin November 20, 2024

North Korea ramps up textile imports in October, likely for illicit sales scheme

North Korean tailors presenting a new fall collection | Image: KCTV (Oct. 3, 2024)

North Korea ramped up imports of fabric from China last month, official data shows, pointing to a likely lucrative effort to process textiles into other products for illicit export abroad.

Different types of fabrics led the DPRK’s imports in October at $20.74 million, up from $20.5 million the previous month, NK Pro analysis of China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) data shows.

Hair came in as North Korea’s second-largest import for the month at $11.7 million, part of China’s long-standing outsourcing of wig production to the DPRK.

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01What to make of Kim Jong Un’s plenum call for ‘most hardline’ posture toward US
02North Korea building new warship likely to be country’s largest, photos show
03Suspected North Korean drone base and factory face construction slowdown
04Lessons from chaos: What Kim Jong Un sees in an era of global turmoil
05In 2024, Kim Jong Un swaggered on the global stage like never before
06Military dominates Kim Jong Un’s attention in his busiest year in nearly decade
07How Trump’s return could transform North Korea’s quiet ties with Thailand
08How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties

North Korea ramps up textile imports in October, likely for illicit sales scheme

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