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North Korea (DPRK): oil import rules

These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for North Korea (DPRK)-bound trade: which products private parties can move, which run through a government or monopoly route, and which are closed outright.

Open to private trade0
Restricted0
Blocked4

Compiled regulatory guidance from OilFlow Network, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the relevant national regulator before structuring a deal.

Product-by-product

Crude oilBLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesUN Security Council Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), 2397 (2017) impose comprehensive sanctions including petroleum-import quotas (refined-product cap 500,000 bbl/yr under 2397). All-Member-State obligation. HARD STOP.
Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)BLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesUN SCR 2397 caps DPRK refined-product imports at 500,000 bbl/yr. In practice all OFAC, EU, UK, JP, KR financial systems block DPRK transactions. HARD STOP.
LPGBLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesComprehensive UN + national sanctions. HARD STOP.
gasBLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesSame framework. HARD STOP.

Frequently asked

Can private companies import crude oil into North Korea (DPRK)?
UN Security Council Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), 2397 (2017) impose comprehensive sanctions including petroleum-import quotas (refined-product cap 500,000 bbl/yr under 2397). All-Member-State obligation. HARD STOP.
Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in North Korea (DPRK)?
UN SCR 2397 caps DPRK refined-product imports at 500,000 bbl/yr. In practice all OFAC, EU, UK, JP, KR financial systems block DPRK transactions. HARD STOP.
Does OilFlow screen counterparties against North Korea (DPRK) regulations?
Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for North Korea (DPRK) are gated against these rules automatically.

Use this jurisdiction

This rule table is one leg of every counterparty check we run: the tradability rule for the destination country fires alongside the fraud cluster match and the eight-list sanctions screen. Compliance teams that want to call /api/v1/regulatory/check from their own intake systems are scoped on a call, no list price. Screening a named counterparty into North Korea (DPRK)? Run the free check below. A Counterparty Screen is $95, ordered by email to [email protected]: machine output on one named counterparty inside the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel.

Screen a counterparty into North Korea (DPRK)

Paste the company or person name from the pitch. Free, no signup, answer in seconds. Vessels are not screened here.

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Counterparty Screen$95

One name, delivered within the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel, no human read. PEP is not screened; adverse media is not swept.

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One named counterparty, the Screen's steps plus a named human's written read and signature, in your inbox by the end of the third business day or the fee is refunded in full.

Email [email protected] with the product and the counterparty name in the subject. An invoice comes back by reply. Both are prepaid by invoice or marketplace order; there is no card checkout.