North Korean food imports from neighboring China dropped again in November, according to recent figures from Chinese customs.

The drop continues an ongoing decline in food shipments beginning in the summer months, and has seen cereal imports decrease by about 80 percent, from over 5000 tonnes to 1000.

Other commonly traded goods, like products of the milling industry also declined from much higher totals in the summer months. While the decreases can to some extent be explained by seasonal factors, the imports remain much lower than their 2014 equivalents.

“The decreasing trend means two things. Firstly, we can guess that