List of Prohibited Exports and (Outward) Transhipment or goods in Transit to the DPRK

Singapore prohibits the export, outward transhipment, or transit of specific goods to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in line with United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. The items listed below summarise the restrictions. Always refer to the official UNSC documents for the full legal text.

1. Arms, related matériel, and dual-use items 

The following items are prohibited: 

• Arms, related matériel, and conventional arms dual-use items listed in UNSC document S/2016/1069 (as updated). 

2. Items related to nuclear, ballistic missile, or other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programmes

Prohibited items include materials, equipment, goods and technology related to nuclear or ballistic missile programmes, or other WMD programmes listed in: 

• INFCIRC/254/Rev.12/Part 1 

• INFCIRC/254/Rev.9/Part 2 

• S/2014/253

• S/2006/853 and S/2006/853/Corr.1

• S/2016/1069 

Additional WMD-related items are listed in the Annex to: 

• S/2016/308

• S/2017/728

• S/2017/822 

Any item that could contribute to DPRK’s nuclear, ballistic missile or WMD programmes, or support the evasion of UNSC measures under Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013) and 2270 (2016), is also prohibited. 

3. Luxury goods prohibited for export to the DPRK 

The following luxury items cannot be exported or transhipped to the DPRK: 

General luxury items 

• Recreational sports equipment 

• Rugs, carpets and tapestries

• Caviar

• Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos

• Cosmetics and perfumes

• Cutlery made of gold, silver or platinum, or plated with precious metal

• Lead crystal items 

Luxury materials and accessories 

• Fur products

• Gold, silver and platinum

• Articles of goldsmiths’ or silversmiths’ wares

• Jewellery (including jewellery with pearls and precious metals)

• Leather bags, apparel and clothing accessories 

Luxury household fittings 

• Taps plated with precious metal

• Whirlpool baths

• Crystal chandeliers

• Steam baths and saunas 

Vehicles, vessels and recreation 

• Motor vehicles (cars, motorcycles, station wagons, racing cars, snow mobiles)

• Aquatic recreational vehicles (yachts, pleasure crafts)

Other luxury items 

• Musical instruments 

• Precious and semi-precious stones (e.g. diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds)

• Watches

• Wines and spirits

• Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques

• Porcelain or china tableware and kitchenware 

4. Electronic Items Prohibited for Export to the DPRK

• Computers (including desktops, laptops, tablets, portable devices, wearable computers, PDAs)

• Digital cameras

• DVD and Blu-ray players

• Personal digital music players

• Smartphones

• Televisions

• Video camera recorders

• Web cameras

• Home theatre or movie production equipment (amplifiers, Hi-Fi systems, speakers, projectors, projection screens, headphones, microphones) 

5. Additional prohibited items under S/2009/364 

• Graphite designed or specified for use in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) machines

• Para-aramid fibre (e.g. Kevlar) in filament or tape form 

6. Prohibited items under Annex III of UNSC Resolution 2094 (2013) 

Nuclear-related items 

• Perfluorinated lubricants

• UF corrosion-resistant bellow-sealed valves 

Missile-related items 

• Special corrosion-resistant steels (e.g. N-DSS) for IRFNA or nitric acid environments

• Ultra high-temperature ceramic composites in specified block, cylinder or tube dimensions

• Pyrotechnically actuated valves

• Measurement and control equipment usable for wind tunnels

• Sodium perchlorate 

Chemical weapons-related items 

Vacuum pumps with >1 m³/h flow-rate, including casings, liners, impellers, rotors and jet pump nozzles, where all contact surfaces are made from controlled materials such as: 

• Nickel alloys (>40% nickel)

• Alloys with >25% nickel and 20% chromium

• Fluoropolymers

• Glass or glass-lined material

• Graphite

• Tantalum alloys

• Titanium alloys

• Zirconium alloys

• Ceramics

• Ferrosilicon 

7. Additional restrictions: items contributing to DPRK military capabilities 

Any item that could directly support the DPRK’s armed forces, or the armed forces of another State on behalf of the DPRK, is prohibited. 

Exemptions 

The following items are not prohibited, provided they meet UNSC conditions: 

• Food or medicine

• Items solely for humanitarian or livelihood purposes, where Singapore notifies the UNSC 1718 Committee and puts in place measures to prevent diversion

• Items approved by the 1718 Committee on a case-by-case basis 

8. Prohibited items under Annex III of UNSC Resolution 2321 (2016) 

Nuclear- and missile-usable items 

• Isocyanates (TDI, MDI, IPDI, HNMDI/HDI, DDI) and production equipment 

• Ammonium nitrate, chemically pure or in phase stabilized version (PSAN)

• Non-destructive test chambers with ≥1m critical internal dimension

• Turbo-pumps for liquid or hybrid rocket engines

• Polymeric substances (HTPE, HTCE, PPG, PGA, PEG)

• Inertial navigation equipment and test equipment

• Countermeasure subsystems and penetration aids

• Manganese metal brazing foils

• Hydroforming machines

• Thermal treatment furnaces (>850°C and one dimension >1m)

• Electrical Discharge Machines (EDMs)

• Friction stir welding machines

• Aerodynamic/thermodynamic modelling or design software for rockets or UAVs

• High-speed imaging cameras (excluding medical imaging)

• Truck chassis with six or more axles 

Chemical / biological weapons-usable items 

• Floor-mounted walk-in fume hoods (≥2.5m width)

• Batch centrifuges (rotor capacity ≥4L) usable with biological materials 

• Fermenters (10–20L) usable with biological materials 

9. Additional banned commodities 

• Helicopters and vessels

• Aviation fuel (including aviation gasoline, jet fuels, rocket fuel)

• Condensates and natural gas liquids

• Crude oil

• Industrial machinery (HS Chapters 84–85)

• Transportation vehicles (HS Chapters 86–89)

• Iron, steel and other metals (HS Chapters 72–83) 

10. Goods for the purpose of trade with any person in the DPRK 

Any goods intended for trade with persons in the DPRK are prohibited.