"While North Korea's people starve and suffer, there is simply no excuse for the
regime to be splurging on cognac and cigars," said Gutierrez.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following
statement on actions being taken to implement UN Security Council Resolution
1718, imposing certain sanctions on North Korea in response to its testing of a
nuclear device on October 9, 2006. Among the measures the United States will
take is a ban on the export of luxury goods to North Korea. This ban will be
implemented by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security.
Regulations to implement the luxury goods ban and other steps required by UNSCR
1718 will be published in the Federal Register.
"We will ban the
export of these and other luxury goods that are purchased for no other reason
than to benefit North Korea's governing elite. The United States is taking quick
action to implement the sanctions called for by the United Nations in response
to North Korea's nuclear test."
The Commerce Department already restricts exports to North Korea of dual-use items controlled for nonproliferation, national security, and other reasons.
The Department of Commerce, through its Bureau of Industry and Security, regulates the export of sensitive goods and technologies, enforces export control laws, assists U.S. industry in complying with international arms control agreements, and monitors the viability of the U.S. defense industrial base.
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