For two months running, no UN member state has imported coal from North Korea, according to the 1718 Committee tasked with tracking and publishing the DPRK’s coal exports.

A UN resolution passed in November last year added a cap on what was traditionally the North’s most lucrative export, limiting member states from importing more than 7.5 million tonnes or just over $400,000 worth of coal per year.

The 1718 Committee’s numbers indicate that the North has found no foreign markets for its coal for the second month in a row, after exports fell from 1.2 million tonnes