* Latest U.N. sanctions came into effect on Sept. 5
* U.N. move bans iron ore, lead, coal and seafood imports
* Coal imports just over 500,000 t (Adds details throughout)
BEIJING, Oct 24 (Reuters) - China's fuel exports to North Korea fell sharply in September from a year earlier while imports of iron ore and lead concentrate sank after the United Nations' latest sanctions, customs data showed on Tuesday.
China imported 511,619 tonnes of coal from North Korea, down 71.6 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the General Administration of Customs.
The data represents the final shipments allowed through customs before the U.N. penalties came into force on Sept. 5, banning Pyongyang from selling coal, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood abroad. U.N. Security council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea. The sanctions took effect this month, but China enforced the new measures from Aug. 15, amid growing pressure from the United States to rein in Pyongyang's missile programme. and diesel shipments remained at a trickle after China National Petroleum Corp CNPET.UL (CNPC) suspended sales of gasoline and diesel at the end of June to North Korea over concerns CNPC would not get paid for its goods. The measures are still in place, sources familiar with the matter say.
The table below gives a breakdown of imports and exports of major commodities between the two nations:
Imports
Sept 2017 yr-on-yr Jan-Sept % change
% change
Coal
511,619
-71.6 4,826,177
-71.2 Iron ore
3,035
-97.5 1,656,552
19.5 Lead ore &
1,321
-84
92,944
30.99 concentrates
Exports
3,149
106.64
26,639
253.6 Gasoline
90
-99.6
46,159
-39.2 Diesel
16
-91.8
11,032
-63.6 Jet fuel
33
-29.96
1,256
49.08 Other fuel
2,350
-73.92
22,012
-17.31 oil
Fuel No. 5-7
304
-50.17
4,886
-6.98 LPG
83
0.43
825
59.94 Corn
1,160
2008
50,018
3,459 Rice
2,396
-85.1
32,623
8.1 In tonnes except for ethanol in cubic metres