The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN has shared details of recent textile imports from North Korea, in compliance with UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on the DPRK textile industry.

The details were released in the Russian implementation report for Resolution 2375 – adopted on September 11, 2017 – which prohibited member states from procuring North Korean textiles.

Shipments, however, were permitted to be imported from North Korea up to 90 days after the resolution’s adoption in cases in which written contracts were finalized prior to the adoption of the resolution.

According to the Russian implementation report,