North Korea’s monthly imports of cereals from China dropped to their lowest level since 2014 during March of this year, according to Chinese customs trade data.

The data shows that only $300 worth of cereals were exported to North Korea during the month, which is a 1000 fold drop on February’s figures.

The data recovers in April with $266,848 worth of cereals imported from China, however this is still lower than February’s numbers, which registered $327,000 worth of shipments.

While March’s figures are rare and represent a substantial drop in the import of cereals from China, such figures are not