North Korea seems to be a bit of trouble to take home the latest cameras, flat-screen TV and other items, despite United Nations sanctions, should make it more difficult for the country's elite to enjoy the finer things in life.

Near the perfume shops selling things from electronics to the North Korean Embassy in Beijing to do a transaction active, the Korean people waiting for the flight inspection items can be seen from the refrigerator, washing machine, their capital.

To be sure, the new sanctions does not explicitly prohibit such items to be imported into the part of North Korea prohibits luxury. But the degree of shopping in Beijing that North Korea's elites are not squeezed measures.

"Customers can choose large kitchen appliances here, we can them directly to North Korea, said:" the store owner surnamed Cao, the Korean Embassy in the back of the shop. "This is no problem at all."

The new sanctions earlier this month in the North Korean nuclear test, including more stringent financial constraints, trying to curb North Korea's nuclear program February 12.

March 7, the resolution also cited North Korea can not be imported luxury goods such as yachts, sports cars, luxury cars, and many types of gems and jewelry. It said that luxury is not limited to these items.

Resolution crimped elite lifestyle, begun to collect in 2006, but never such goods example, individual countries to decide what constitutes a luxury product.

Many countries, including China, have not made their luxury good public definition.

Expensive popular with the North Korean elite are not in the new list.

"When you are willing to restrictions on the product, there is no agreement, it is very difficult to implement the sanctions, saying:" George Lopez, an American professor and former UN monitors to North Korea.

Council diplomats told Reuters reporters early announced new sanctions their life for North Korea's elite "were quite lavish lifestyle, their country, and the rest of the poverty".

Cao shop owner, said her business was not affected.

In another store, a middle-aged Koreans called digital calculator, because he and China bargain shopkeeper through a pocket-sized Sony Cyber-shot camera.

Article North Korean tourists shops full of DVD players in the Japanese and Korean brands, Kara OK machine, as well as creams and perfumes.

A United Nations group monitoring compliance with sanctions against North Korea, experts say, the project is sometimes considered the luxury of many countries do not think of luxury items from China, North Korea's traditional ally and important trading partner.

According to Chinese customs data, China's exports of the dollar value of $ 77.5 million, pearls, gemstones, precious metals and coins North Korea last year. It also exported $ 266.9 million worth of sound and television equipment, in 2012, more than three times the amount sent in 2007.

China Customs headquarters did not respond to requests for comment to the fax. China has expressed the hope that the implementation of the latest sanctions.

Airport queues

Push carts on a recent Saturday at the Beijing airport, North Korea ranked team in the national flag carrier Air Koryo counters, new refrigerator, washing machine, clothes dryer and a large TV.

"When the North Korean travel airline, always a lot of consumer goods back and forth, said: Andre Brod La Hami, executive director, NGO Joseon Dynasty Exchange and frequent trips to Beijing and Pyongyang. "You always see a lot of flat-screen TVs."

Pyongyang travelers Whose money is hard to come by in the capital, a luxury.

"Of course, there are a lot of BMW and Mercedes-Benz on the road in Pyongyang," said Stewart Long, associate professor of history at the Australian travel city, to teach English to students on a regular basis. The most common luxury, he saw alcohol, especially Chivas.

Train from northeastern North Korea crossed the border city of Dandong, the sources said, and they do not see or hear more stringent measures, because of the sanctions announced.

"I do not know how they would check a luxury, said:" the Dandong guide Brooklyn Zhang.

Another factor is the North Korean elite sub freedom to spend money overseas the country's international balance of payments.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Peterson Institute for International Economics, said, This is mainly because of the growing number of trade with China, North Korea ran a current account surplus after 2011, is likely to be a deficit in the history of. Preliminary calculations indicate that North Korea may be surplus last year, suggesting that it is exporting capital.

"Unnecessary compression domestic consumption, rather than money flows abroad, probably to pay for future consumption elite," North Korea expert Marcus Noland of the Institute, wrote in Monday's blog .

Traders uncertain impact of the sanctions

Commodity traders and shipping at the same time is difficult to determine the impact of the new sanctions on trade.

Some oil traders said that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has held internal meetings to determine how the new sanctions will affect oil assistance to the DPRK.

"The oil and did not stop, but it looks like there may be some kind of restrictions," said a senior oil trader. "It is difficult to clearly explain what will be the government's move."

China supply just over half a billion tonnes (1 tonne = 1.102 tons) of crude oil a year to North Korea in the form of assistance.

Said a commodities trader business in China and the DPRK, Chinese businessmen are unwilling to invest now, two important imports of iron ore and coking coal spot orders, because of the uncertainty of the sanctions.

A shipping company said the Dalian unit shipments from North Korea in recent weeks, a decrease of 40% and delivery turn sporadic. However, the Chinese steel mills to buy iron ore, said the sanctions had no impact.


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