Which countries trade with North Korea?

Donald Trump has said the US is considering
stopping all trade with countries that do business
with North Korea.
But which countries trade with the most secretive
and sanctioned country on earth?
In 2015, North Korea imported goods and services
worth a total of $3.47bn and exports were worth
$2.83bn, according to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology's respected Observatory of Economic
Complexity (MIT OEC).
The United States is considering, in addition to
other options, stopping all trade with any
country doing business with North Korea.
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CHINA
Donald Trump may have problems implementing his
plan if he follows it through to the letter as North
Korea's biggest trading partner is China.
About 83% of North Korea's imports and 85% of its
exports in 2015 came and went via the country
across its northern land border, the MIT OEC says.
Out of goods and services worth $2.3bn that it
imports from North Korea, 40% of the trade is in coal
briquettes, about 35% is in clothing, about 9% in metal
ores and precious metals and about 4.5% in sea food.
But China exports more to North Korea than it
imports - worth $3.5bn in total. It sends hundreds of
millions of dollars in clothing, electrical and
electronic equipment, synthetic materials, metal
fabrications and vehicles to the North every year.
If Mr Trump stopped doing business with China, the
US would lose out on $128bn in exports and $457bn
in imports.
An aircraft with North Korea's flag carrier Air
Koryo
INDIA
India makes up 3.5% ($97m) of North Korea's exports
and 3.1% ($97m) of its imports, according to the MIT
OEC.
Most of its exports are sculptures (44%), with
chemicals, raw materials and food making up a
sizeable chunk of the rest.
North Korea mostly imports silver and machinery
from India.
PAKISTAN
Pakistan is North Korea's third biggest export
destination, with around half of the $43m valuation
being in rolled iron and around a quarter in
chemicals.
Thailand is a major exporter of rubber to North
Korea
THAILAND
Thailand is North Korea's third biggest trading
partner for imports with about 45% of the $74m in
imports being in metals, about a quarter in meat and
about a fifth in rubber.
PHILIPPINES
Philippines is a major exporter of electricals to North
Korea, with the sector accounting for just over half
of the southeast Asian country's $53m of imports to
the pariah nation.
RUSSIA
Despite the Russian energy minister's claim that his
country's oil exports to North Korea are "virtually
zero", MIT estimates the value of its petrol exports
are a quarter of its $78m total exports to the North,
with coal briquettes making up the largest export.
Russia's largest export to North Korea is coal
Other important export destinations for North Korea
include:
Burkina Faso (petrol), Saudi Arabia (mostly
electricals), Chile (metals), Brazil (electricals),
Turkey (petrol) and Hong Kong (gold).
Other key countries that export to North Korea are:
Singapore (tobacco and paper), Mexico (petrol),
Ukraine (aeronautics), Peru (copper ore), Germany
(medical supplies and food), Switzerland (milk) and
Senegal (fish).

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