{"id":34526,"date":"2017-07-13T07:15:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T07:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=34526"},"modified":"2017-07-13T07:22:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T07:22:02","slug":"china-says-imports-from-north-korea-fall-as-sanctions-enforced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/china-says-imports-from-north-korea-fall-as-sanctions-enforced.html","title":{"rendered":"China Says Imports From North Korea Fall as Sanctions Enforced"},"content":{"rendered":"

China Says Imports From North Korea Fall as Sanctions Enforced<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

China Says Imports From North Korea Fall as Sanctions Enforced:- China is buying less from North Korea as it implements United Nations sanctions aimed at reining in the nuclear ambitions of Kim Jong Un, according to a customs official.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imports fell 13.2 percent to $880 million in the six months to June 30 from the same period a year earlier, the customs bureau said Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChina has always been strictly abiding by the UN Security Council resolutions and related laws to impose sanctions on North Korea,\u201d Huang Songping, spokesman for the General Administration of Customs, said at a briefing in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n

China is under pressure from the U.S. and others to show it is complying with UN sanctions designed to put an economic squeeze on Kim\u2019s weapons programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 5 that China hadn\u2019t done enough to pressure its neighbor, after Pyongyang successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. Still, after meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit on July 8, Trump tweeted they\u2019d had had an \u201cexcellent\u201d meeting on trade and North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

China\u2019s exports to North Korea rose 29.1 percent in the first half of 2017, driven by consumer goods such as textiles that aren\u2019t on the sanctions list, Huang said. Total trade increased 10.5 percent to $2.55 billion during the period.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChina has been constantly executing the UN Security Council resolution in a comprehensive, precise, earnest and strict way,\u201d Huang said. Imports have fallen since March, when they declined 36.5 percent, he said. They slid 41.6 percent in April, 31.6 percent in May and 28.9 percent in June.<\/span><\/p>\n

China\u2019s imports of coal totaled 2.68 million tons in the first half of the year, down 74.5 percent from the previous year. Those imports all came before Feb. 18, an illustration of how China has enforced sanctions, Huang said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UN sanctions allow trade in items considered \u201cexclusively for livelihood purposes.\u201d Since the July 4 ballistic missile test, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has been pushing for fresh measures that may include further curbs on China\u2019s trade with North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said China\u2019s cooperation on North Korea was “uneven” when he spoke to lawmakers in mid-June, saying U.S. officials were concerned about actions by both the government and other entities in China.<\/span><\/p>\n

On June 30, the U.S. took steps to penalize a Chinese bank, a Chinese shipping company and two Chinese citizens it claimed worked to help North Korea evade sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-07-13\/china-says-imports-from-north-korea-fall-as-sanctions-enforced<\/span><\/p>\n

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