China will ban coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore, aquatic and marine products from North Korea from Aug. 15, according to a joint statement released by China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China. 

Goods of those products on the ban list, which already arrived at Chinese ports before the effective date of new policy, will be allowed for customs clearance, and since Sept. 5, no clearance will be serviced to those products.

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• [Editor:Wang Linyan]