April 24, 2024
Analysis

N.Korean cereal imports fall to lowest levels in 10 years

Overall food imports from China fell by a quarter last year when compared with 2014

North Korea’s overall food imports from neighboring China fell by a quarter in 2015 when compared the previous year, while cereals and related food products fell to 10-year lows.

NK News analysis comparing monthly figures and data stretching back to 2005 shows that some of the DPRK’s primary food imports fell to levels not seen since the middle of the last decade.

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