Last Updated: January 19, 2026
KOREA MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION
Aliases
NORTH KOREAN MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION; KOMID; CHANGGWANG SINYONG CORPORATION; EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CORPORATION; KOREA KUMRYONG TRADING COMPANY; DPRKN MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING COOPERATION; KOREAN MINING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Address
Central District, Pyongyang, Korea, North; Beijing, China; Moscow, Russia; Tehran, Iran; Damascus, Syria
Official reason
Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID): KOMID is North Korea’s primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons. KOMID, a North Korean state-owned entity, was previously listed in the annex to E.O. 13382 on July 1, 2005 for its role in North Korea’s proliferation of w...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl9733
Date of listing
2005-06-29
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 2015 Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To North Korea
Regime
OFAC country specific / UN
Target State
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1556 460. Can U.S. persons do business with entities in North Korea? No. Unless authorized pursuant to a general or specific license from OFAC and/or BIS, Executive Order (E.O.) 13722 prohibits new investment in North Korea by a U.S. person and the exportation or reexportation, from the United States, or by...
Official Information
On January 2, 2015, the President issued E.O. 13687 pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA and the NEA, to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466 and expanded in E.O. 13551. E.O. 13687 provides for the blocking of property and interests in property of certain persons with respect to North Korea.
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