北韓의 對東毆共産圈 貿易構造分析

A Study on the Commodity Structure of North Korean Trade with East European Countries

North Korea’s economic system is a centrally planned economy based on 1920s Soviet Economic system. And her economic policy and foreign trade based on the “self-reliant autarky system”. North Korea’s volume of trade had steadily increased during the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1970s, her foregin trade changed drastically. During the period of 1972~1974，the trade volume increased rapidly. But in 1980s， North Korea’s foreign trade has been in a stably increasing trend, and has experienced the growing deficits of balance-of-payments. North Korean trade with East European Countries was stagnant throughout the 1981~1986，except in 1985 when Kim I1 Sung visited Eastern Europe. But the ratio of import from the Eastern European Countries has been in a decreasing trend since 1981. Also since 1981，the deficits of balance-of-payment with Eastern Europe has decreased and recorded surplus in 1986. North Korea’s volume of trade with East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, and Rumania which are membered in COMECON showed higher ratio compared to those with Hungary, and Yugoslavia. But her trade with Hungary who is one of the leading economic reforming country has been drastically incerasing； export value to Hungary increase from US $ 5 million in 1984 to US $ 14 million in 1986，and import value from Hungary increase from US $ 4.9 million in 1985，US $ 24.3 million in 1987, US $ 41.7 million in 1988.