North Korea Stops Covid Equipment Imports from China
Chinese trade data shows that North Korea abruptly cut all imports of Covid containment equipment such as ventilators, masks, thermometers in May.
Between January-April, Pyongyang had imported 10.6mn masks, 95,000 thermometers and 1,000 ventilators, as overall North Korea-China trade plummeted from $98.1mn in April to just $14.51mn in May.
Over half the remaining trade was made up of soybeans, granulated sugar, soybean meal and wheat flour.
