IMPORT AND EXPORT DUTIES OF NORTH KOREA

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• Document Release Date: August 31, 2011
• Sequence Number: 175
• Publication Date: October 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
HOW
PUBLISHED Mimeograph document
WHERE
PUBLISHED Pyongyang
DATE
PUBLISHED 26 Oct 1948
LANGUAGE Korean
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Economic - Government finance, tariffs
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IMPORT AND EXPORT DUTIES OF NORTE KOREA
An official North Korean document entitled Such'uli se a Kwanhan
Equon (Regulations Governing Import and Export Duties) promulgated un-
der Cabinet Decision No 49, dated 26 October 1948, lists 178 groups of com-
modities that are subject to North Korean import and/or export duties. Books,
newspapers, and other printed matter are exempt from all duty. Calcium cyan-
amide can be exported duty free, although a 30 percent import duty is usually
imposed on this item.
The document states that "The present custom rates apply to items im-
ported and exported by the government's foreign trade organs. The rates for
quasi-government, and private foreign trade shall be 1.5 times the rates shown
herein.". It also states that all rates are ad valorem.
The following tables give the ad valorem tariff rates by classes of com-
modities:
A. Import Duty Lover Than Export Duty
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1948
DATE DfST. A 6 Oct 1954
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATJON
Such'uli se a Kwanhan I on (Regulations Governing Import and
Export Duties), published by the Cabinet, Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, 1948.
Scrap iron, grains and flour, table salt,
leaf tobacco, raw rubber
Manganese and chrome ores, vegetable tan-
ning agents and tannin extracts, sul-
fur, potassium hydroxide, potassium
sulfate, camphor, aspirin, aminopyrine,
Export Duty (%)
50
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phenacetin, salvarsan, sulfanilamide,
Penicillin, santonin, procaine hydro-
ebloride, caffeine, ethyl ether, chlo-
roform, ephedrine hydrpchloride, eme_
tine hyrochlorhde, mercurochrome, car-
bolic acid, iodine, and potassium
iodide
Powdered milk and infant foods
Glass proaucta, cigarette paper, timber
and lumber, type metals (alloys), wire
nets used in Pulp and saner manufac-
turing
Mineral oils, mercury, vaseline, paraffin,
vegetable oils, heavy chemicals, phos-
phoric acid, tartaric acid, boric acid
citric acid, calcium chloride (refined),
chrome alum and [common] potassium
alum, drugs (other than those men-
tioned above), saplings, and seeds
-Silkworm eggs
Reed grass, hydrogenated oil, coal,
rass coke
Animal Oils-and fats
Table 3.
Ten-Percent Import Duty, With Varying Export Duty
Platinumand gold, copper, copper-zinc
al
equipment and parts, scientificcap-
paratus and parts, electric communi-
cation equipment and Parts, electric
lighting-fixtures and parts (including
electric bulbs above 110 volt, 100
watts), vacuum tubes, steam boilers
and Parts, internal combustion engines,
power generators, electric motors,
rotary converters and frequency con-
verters, transformers, automobiles,
bicycles and parts, rolling stock and
parts, rubber tires and tubes, ships
and boats, agricultural machinery,
friction all nom" L 1,1-ted electric wire: scales, ermomete
pressure , mo, and
gauges, electric meters, and
other measuring apparatus meth
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printing machines and. parts, spinning
machines and Parts, mining equipment
and partsimachine tools and parts,
sewing machines and knitting machines
and Parts, cotton, ramie, and other
fiber products, water-repellent cloth,
tracing cloth, insulation tapes, felt
and wool cloth for pulp and paper
manufacturing, photographic films
and dry plates, domestic animals,
cloth scraps and rags .
Aluminum, batteries, varnish, paints,
cellulose lacquer, cotton and cotton
thread, cellophane, printing ink,
synthetic dyestuffs, glycerin, tea
Leather shoes, rubber products (other
than tires)
Table 4. Varying Import Duty, but Lower Than Export Duty
Item Import Export
Dut Dut
Steel ingots; kentledge (other than pig 15 50
iron)
Copper wire, nails, nuts and bolts, rivets," 15
washers. wire rrma_ ?t,., ,.e+- i..+,.__ 30
than tnose-used in paper and pulp manu-
facturing), insulated electric wire
(other than rubber insulated), radiators,
hand tools, agricultural implements
(other than agricultural machinery),
iron and steel products (other than
those mentioned above), electric bulbs`
(smaller than 110 volts, 100 watts),
electrical appliances (other than fans,
irons, and heaters), ceramics for
electrical-insulation, paper (other
than cigarette paper), wool, cocoon,
raw silk, silk thread, knitted goods,
leather and pelts, resin
Watches and clocks, spectacles, cameras, 20
motion picture projectors, and their 50
parts, electric fans, irons, and heaters,
wool fabrics
Gloves (other than leather), hosiery
(other than silk), paper products,
celluloid, bakelite, synthetic resin,
sodium water glass, clothes made of
materials other than leather, wool.
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Import Export
Duty W - ~.
Felts
25
Silk and rayon fabrics
25
Phonographs, musical instruments
30
B. Export Duties Lower Than Import Duty
Table 5? Five-Percent Export Duty,
With Varying Import Duty
Item
Lead
Import Duty 41
50
Fruits (fresh, dried, and canned)
30
Sodium bicarbonate
30
Superphosphate of lime
30
Calcium carbide
30
Mica and mica products
20
Table 6. Varying Export Duty, but Lower Than Import Duty
Export
Dut
Vegetables, seaweed, fish and shells, 7
including fish eggs and entrails
Alcohol -
10
Pulps, silver,,pig iron, zinc,, candles, 10
soap? starch, ginseng, cosmetics,
matches, rubber shoes
Graphite, hydraulic cement, bricks and 10
slates, grape sugar, wheat gluten,
hydrochloric acid, nitric acid,
sulfuric acid, acetic acid, soda ash,
caustic, soda, ammonium sulfate, ammonium
chloride and ammonium nitrate for
fertilizers, chemical fertilizers
other than calcium cyanamide and super-
phosphate of lime, calcium chloride
.(unrefined), bleaching powder, alums
(other than chrome and potassium, slums),
potassium, chlorate, gunpowders and
pyrotechnic supplies, lead oxide,
carbon black, water-base paints, oil
cakes,. precious and semiprecious stones
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Dut
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Synthetic fiber products, fodders and
natural-fertilizers
Alcoholic beverages, toys
Condiments, coffee, cocoa, chocolate,
toba
cco (other than leaf tobacco),
furniture, firewood and charcoal,
fountain pens, pencil sharpeners,
polygraphic equipment and parts,
tobacco pipes and other smoking ap-
paratus, sports and athletic equipment,
toilet articles
Meats and poultry products, sugar, honey,
and
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ons, pepper, mustard, and
other spices, fruit juices, syrups
and nonalcoholic beverages, sodium
carbonate, ammonium chloride and
ammonium nitrate for nonfertilizer
uses, inks (other than printing inks),
leather gloves, silk hosiery, foreign.
hats, footwear (other than rubber and
leather shoes), leather, wool, or
silk clothes, plywood, umbrellas,
parasols, fans
C. Import and EScport Duties Equal
Table 7. Identical Export and Import Duty
Export and Import Duty ($)
10
Fabricated iron and steel (poles, wires,
plates, pipes, etc.)
Ceramics (other than electrical insulation),
minerals.(other than precious and semi-
precious.stones),,flax
Towels, all items not specified in the
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