Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No.10-12-3-2 12/3/2010 North Korean trade with China has jumped 26.7 percent during the first eight months of the year, with the bulk of its imports made up of crude oil, and its largest export being coal. Despite the increasingly severe food shortages in the North, food imports … Continue reading DPRK-PRC trade up 26.7 percent