지난해 北 무역규모 15%•수출 37% 각각↓…"대북제재 영향"<br /><br /> In 2017, UN sanctions on Pyongyang pulled down the regime's trade by 15 percent compared to the year before... and its exports by 37-point-2 percent.<br /> According to a report by KOTRA... on trends in North Korean trade, the hermit kingdom has a trade deficit exceeding 2 billion dollars, which is more than double last year's amount of 8-hundred-90 million.<br />The Seoul-based agency explained the losses were due to the UN ban on North Korea's main exports such as coal, steal, and fish.<br />The UN Security Council imposed the sanctions last year after the North launched missiles and carried out its 6th nuclear test. <br />
