Chinese exports to the isolated country rose 69% year-on-year to $166 million in April.
The main exports are processed hair and wool, which are used in the manufacture of wigs, worth about $11.6 million, as well as widely used fertilizer – diammonium hydrogen phosphate, worth $8.8 million. Also in April, Pyongyang bought about $5 million worth of rice from China.
According to customs data, in January-April, Chinese exports to North Korea increased from $270 million to $603 million compared to the previous year.
Food situation in North Korea
Earlier, the 38 North program, which monitors North Korea, reported that the level of food supplies in the DPRK has probably fallen below the minimum level in terms of human needs, and the state of food security has become the worst since the famine of the 1990s.
Later, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held an emergency meeting with party representatives to discuss improving the food shortage and the problems of the agricultural sector of the economy.
It was also reported that tens of thousands of people in North Korea could be exposed to radioactive materials that spread through groundwater from an underground nuclear test site.
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2023-05-21 23:21:40
