CHINA-NORTH KOREA: FOOD EXPORTS
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Beijing’s General Administration of Customs disclosed on September 29, 2017, that Chinese corn exports to North Korea jumped about 100 times in July and August to 34,964 tonnes from year-earlier levels. Similarly, rice exports in the period rose 79 per cent to 17,875 tonnes, and wheat flour exports climbed 11-fold to 8,383 tonnes. China also imported 1.6 million tonnes of coal from North Korea in August despite the UNSC ban.
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