South Korea has added nearly 700 items to a list of products banned because of the Ukraine crisis

由于乌克兰危机,韩国在禁止出口(给俄白)的产品清单上增加了近700种产品。

South Korea has stepped up its role in the US-led campaign to punish Russia over the Ukraine conflict by expanding its export restrictions against Moscow and Belarus.

韩国扩大了对莫斯科和白俄罗斯的出口限制,加强了在美国领导的、就乌克兰冲突惩罚俄罗斯的行动中的作用。

Nearly 700 items have been added to a list of products that are banned for export to Russia or Belarus, the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on Tuesday. The move expanded Seoul’s list of restricted items to 1,159, effective in early 2024, though waivers can be considered by the government in “exceptional” cases.

韩国产业通商资源部16日表示,在禁止向俄罗斯和白俄罗斯出口的产品清单中,新增了近700种产品。此举将韩国的限制商品清单扩大到1159种,将于2024年初生效,不过政府可以在“特殊”情况下考虑豁免。

Newly banned exports will include excavators, rechargeable batteries, aircraft components, certain machine tools and passenger cars with engine displacements exceeding 2,000 cubic centimeters. Such products aren’t classified as “strategic” under South Korean trade regulations, but are being added to the restrictions on Russia and Belarus because of their potential use for military purposes.

新禁止出口的产品包括挖掘机、可充电电池、飞机零部件、某些机床以及发动机排量超过2000立方厘米的乘用车。根据韩国的贸易法规,这类产品不属于“战略”产品,但由于它们可能用于军事目的,因此被列入了对俄罗斯和白俄罗斯的限制产品。

MOTIE initially banned 57 items for export to Russia and Belarus after the Ukraine conflict began in February 2022, then expanded the list last April by adding some industrial and construction equipment, as well as steel and chemical products.

在乌克兰冲突于2022年2月爆发后,MOTIE最初禁止向俄罗斯和白俄罗斯出口57种产品,然后在去年4月扩大了清单,增加了一些工业和建筑设备,以及钢铁和化学产品。

South Korea is a close US ally but has stopped short of sending weapons directly to Ukraine, instead limiting its support to humanitarian and non-lethal aid. Seoul reportedly reached a confidential arrangement earlier this year to export artillery shells to the US for transfer by Washington to Ukraine. Russia designated South Korea as an “unfriendly” state in March 2022, after Seoul joined in the US-led sanctions against Moscow.

韩国是美国的亲密盟友,但没有直接向乌克兰运送武器,而是将其支持限制在人道主义和非致命援助方面。据报道,首尔今年早些时候达成了一项秘密安排,向美国出口炮弹,由华盛顿转交给乌克兰。2022年3月,在首尔加入以美国为首的对莫斯科的制裁之后,俄罗斯将韩国列为“不友好”国家。

Russia has strengthened ties with Pyongyang this year, forging what North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui called “invincible relations of comrades-in-arms.”

俄罗斯今年加强了与平壤的关系,形成了朝鲜外相崔善姬所说的“坚不可摧的战友关系”。