Top Import Products from Russia to North Korea

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25-Nov-2025

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North Korea
 

As the North Korea import data reveals, the nation's top import products for 2025 were prominently characterized by:

> Mineral fuels and oils: 20.0%

> Machinery and mechanical appliances: 18.0%

> Electrical machinery and equipment: 15.0%

> Vehicles and parts: 12.0%

> Pharmaceuticals: 9.5%

> Plastics: 7.5%

> Iron and steel: 6.0%

> Articles of iron or steel: 5.5%

> Fertilizers: 4.5%

> Optical, photographic, and medical instruments: 3.5%

These top 10 import items represented a significant 91.5% of North Korea's total import value for 2025. When analyzing North Korea's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing import categories were: Mineral fuels and oils (USD 540 million), Machinery and mechanical appliances (USD 480 million), and Electrical machinery and equipment (USD 450 million), showing a robust upward trend.

Conversely, the declining sectors in the import landscape included products of Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, and Iron and steel.

For businesses and market analysts, the subsequent chart offers a deeper dive, showcasing the monetary value and market dynamics of North Korea’s top 10 import commodities for 2025.

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Import Products from Russia to North Korea

Top Import Products from Russia to North Korea

YOY comparison of growth and share of top Import Products of North Korea

MOM comparison of growth and share of top Import Products of North Korea

Import Products from Russia to North Korea
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1M 3M 6M 1Y 3Y ALL
Top Products Oct-24 Nov-24 Growth% Oct-24 Share Nov-24 Share
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, Put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings

HSN Code:  30049000  30042000  30043200 
Importers : North Korea Importers 8
North Korea Importers Shipment 764 		Value $343,775.58 $443,247.74 greenUpArrow 28.94% 12.44%
Shipment 57 65 greenUpArrow 14.04% 74.03%

Wheat or meslin flour

HSN Code:  11010015  11010011 
Importers : North Korea Importers 28
North Korea Importers Shipment 256 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, Other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, Containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, These oils being the basic cons

HSN Code:  27101241  27101942  27101921 
Importers : North Korea Importers 21
North Korea Importers Shipment 217 		Value $1,049,094.08 $453,912.98 redDownArrow -56.73% 37.95%
Shipment 10 4 redDownArrow -60.00% 12.99%

Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons - liquified :

HSN Code:  27111297  27111900  27111400 
Importers : North Korea Importers 17
North Korea Importers Shipment 86 		Value $169,460.04 $71,488.5 redDownArrow -57.81% 6.13%
Shipment 5 1 redDownArrow -80.00% 6.49%

Maize (corn)

HSN Code:  10059000 
Importers : North Korea Importers 5
North Korea Importers Shipment 83 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

HSN Code:  21069098 
Importers : North Korea Importers 8
North Korea Importers Shipment 79 		Value $19,595.92 $30,780.95 greenUpArrow 57.08% 0.71%
Shipment 3 7 greenUpArrow 133.33% 3.90%

Electric accumulators, Including separators therefore, Whether or not rectangular (including square

HSN Code:  85072080  85071020 
Importers : North Korea Importers 1
North Korea Importers Shipment 40 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Soya-bean oil and its fractions, Whether or not refined, But not chemically modified

HSN Code:  15079090 
Importers : North Korea Importers 3
North Korea Importers Shipment 35 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Centrifuges, Including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, For liquids or gases - centrifuges, Including centrifugal dryers:

HSN Code:  84212300  84213100  84219900 
Importers : North Korea Importers 1
North Korea Importers Shipment 32 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, In solid form - raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter :

HSN Code:  17019910 
Importers : North Korea Importers 4
North Korea Importers Shipment 23 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Taps, Cocks, Valves and similar appliances for pipes, Boiler shells, Tanks, Vats or the like, Including pressure-reducing valves and the rmostatically controlled valves

HSN Code:  84814090  84818019  84818040 
Importers : North Korea Importers 2
North Korea Importers Shipment 20 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber

HSN Code:  40169300  40169997 
Importers : North Korea Importers 1
North Korea Importers Shipment 18 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Human blood; animal blood prepared fortherapeutic, Prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, Other blood fractions and immunological products, Whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines,Toxins, Cultures of micro-

HSN Code:  30029030  30021200  30021500 
Importers : North Korea Importers 4
North Korea Importers Shipment 16 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408

HSN Code:  84099900 
Importers : North Korea Importers 1
North Korea Importers Shipment 16 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

Pumps for liquids, Whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators - pumps fitted or designed to be fitted with a measuring device:

HSN Code:  84133020  84139100 
Importers : North Korea Importers 2
North Korea Importers Shipment 15 		Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%

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