Overview In 2022 North Korea was the number 182 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 187 in total imports. Exports The top exports of North Korea are Tungsten Ore ($30.9M), Refined Petroleum ($27.3M), Ferroalloys ($25.3M), Electricity ($20.4M), and Molybdenum Ore ($13.7M), exporting mostly to China ($131M), Senegal ($26.9M), Nigeria ($14M), Poland ($9.58M), and Netherlands