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Sectoral

Last Updated: April 19, 2026

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Type of sectoral sanctions

Restrictions on goods

Measures

Prohibitions related to: • “coal, iron and iron ore” means any thing listed in Annex V of Regulation 2017/1509 • “copper, nickel, silver and zinc” means any thing listed in Annex VII of Regulation 2017/1509 • “condensates and natural gas liquids” means any thing listed in Annex XIc of Regulation 2017/1509 • “helicopters and vessels” means any thing listed in Annex XI of Regulation 2017/1509 • “gold ores and concentrates, titanium ore, vanadium ore and rare-earth minerals” means any thing listed in Annex IV of Regulation 2017/1509 • “lead and lead ore” means any thing listed in Annex XIb of Regulation 2017/1509

Additional Sanctions
Arms exportAviation and jet fuelCrude oilDual-use goods exportEarth and stoneFinancial measures, InvestmentsFlights, airports, aircraftsFood and agricultural productsGold, precious metals, diamondsIndustrial machinery, transportation vehicles, and iron, steel and other metalsLuxury goodsMachinery and electrical equipmentOther itemsOther restrictionsPetrol productsPorts and vesselsRefined petroleum productsRestrictions on goodsRestrictions on servicesSeafoodVesselsWood
Program information
Program information
Authority

UK

Program

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Regime

UN, UK country specific

Target State

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Official Information

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain sanctions measures relating to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 and the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 to find out any amendments made to the Regulations. This sanctions regime gives effect to the UK’s obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), and 2397 (2017). It aims to restrict the ability of the DPRK to carry on banned programmes, promoting the abandonment by the DPRK of banned programmes and the decommissioning of the DPRK’s banned weapons. It also aims to promote peace, security and stability on the Korean peninsula. These regulations have replaced, with substantially the same effect, relevant existing EU legislation and related UK regulations.

Additional Details

Licencing, exception and direction provisions are contained in Part 9 of the Regulations.

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