In compliance with UN sanctions against Pyongyang for conducting a nuclear test in October, the Bureau of Foreign Trade has announced a revision of rules that further tightens exports to North Korea and which took effect on Tuesday.
As the US has shown considerable concern with Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons, the revision also applies to that country.
Under the new rules, the bureau has added 109 controlled items to its list of strategic high-tech commodities. Companies seeking to export these goods are required to apply for a permit, the bureau said in a statement.
The increased items include sodium cyanide, unwrought aluminum alloys, laser printers, image scanners, hard and soft disc devices, optical disc devices, radio transmitters, digital mobile telephones, satellite receivers, chip and wafer diodes, photosensitive semiconductor devices and others, according to the statement.
Along with the original list, the strategic high-tech commodities that are controlled number 542 items, the statement said.
As many countries have loosened export controls to Libya, and in light of the increasing trade between Taiwan and Libya, the bureau also announced its decision to remove the nation from the restricted areas for exports.
The remaining restricted areas for exports are China, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.
RSS