Posted on 12/27/2017 6:59:38 AM PST by Strac6
China did not export any oil products to North Korea in November as U.S. sanctions against the isolated country continue take effect, according to a report Tuesday from Reuters.
The move comes as North Korea ratchets up ongoing nuclear and missile programs despite years of U.N. resolutions prohibiting the actions. U.N. Security Council imposed a new batch of limits of oil products earlier this month to the communist country.
China did not export any gasoline, jet fuel, diesel or fuel oil, or any other petroleum products to North Korea last month, according to the report, that relied on General Administration of Customs data for its conclusion.
“This is a natural outcome of the tightening of the various sanctions against North Korea,” said Cai Jian, an expert on North Korea at Fudan University in Shanghai. The move “reflects China’s stance,” he added.
China completely shut off the oil spigots to North Korea in 2003 for three days after Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, launched a missile into waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. China is the main source for the country’s oil, though it does receive shipments from Russia.
The data did not reveal if China still sells crude oil to Pyongyang, because Beijing has not disclosed its crude exports to North Korea for several years. Industry insiders believe China supplies 3.8 million barrels of unrefined crude to North Korea through a dilapidated pipeline connecting the countries.
Oil companies inside China are also steering clear of North Korea. China National Petroleum, for instance, put fuel sales on hold to Pyongyang because it is “no longer worth the risks,” according to various media reports from earlier this year.
Regular compliance checks to determine whether a company or firm is in violation of sanctions are increasing the pressure, especially in China, that accounts for almost 90 percent of all North Korean trade
It’s great to have a job that matters, isn’t it?
The marine fuels job was the most fun and most challenging I ever had.
We already have evidence of sea transfers from satellite images. This was first brought out three days ago.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946416486054285314
I was on a replenishment oiler in the Navy. We transferred fuel and supplies all the time at sea.
I served on a tanker back in the day it actually is that easy.
“I served on a tanker back in the day it actually is that easy.”
To do it the way the Navy does it requires real seamanship.
True, but such transfers could never supply even a tiny percentage of the oil DPRK needs to function.
Do you really think Rocket Man cares about anyone else in his little prison state than himself?
The defector with all of the worms was barely able to get 10 miles on that ‘jeep’ he drove to the border before it fell apart the first time it got off the pavement.
“Things are afoul inside the tomato.”
“We transferred fuel and supplies all the time at sea.”
Sure. I served in two AEs (and a CG, an ARS, a DDG, and a DD). But think about everything that went into an UNREP, all the training, expertise, and competence. That’s a huge amount of institutional knowledge.
We made it look easy, but that doesn’t mean that just anybody can do it.
AO 62 USS Taluga.
We fueled carrier fleets while they launched attacks all the time.
I remember the Taluga.
Do you really regard all you did out there as “easy?”
Hard work but if a bunch of drunks could do it how hard could it be?
I was a Stew Burner :~)
Give us some hard numbers. The S. Koreans are saying there may have been 30 such transfers in the last 2 months.
I’d also be curious as to whether the Iranians actually abide by the sanctions.
30 transfers that were spotted, I guess.
I read an article today how Trump has confronted China overy how they were caught red handed over 30 times selling oil to N Korea including ship to ship transfer out at sea.
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