Romania exported goods worth €90 million (US$98.2 million) to North Korea in 2014, with cigarettes accounting for €83 million (US$90.5 million) of those exports, according to a Romania Insider story relayed by the TMA.
British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International did not export any cigarettes to North Korea.
But industry observers said that a Chinese-owned cigarette factory in Buzau, which makes cigarettes under the brand names Golden Monkey and Dubliss, could have exported its products to North Korea.