North Korea imported more than one million facial masks and 15,000 pairs of rubber gloves from China in July, shortly before declaring victory over COVID-19, Chinese trade showed on Saturday.
Pyongyang last week declared victory over the coronavirus, ending a little-detailed fight against "fever" cases that had risen to 4.77 million. It has registered no new such cases since July 29.
Still, China exported 1.23 million facial masks to North Korea in July, worth US$44,307, surging from 17,000 the previous month, according to data released by Chinese customs.From January to July, the last month for which data is available, the North bought more than 11.93 million masks from China, data showed.
North Korea did not import any COVID-19 prevention and control products from China in May, the data showed.Top exports were semi- or wholly milled rice, cigarettes, disodium carbonate and smoked sheets of natural rubber. North Korea bought $5.16 million worth of semi or wholly milled rice, $1.98 million of soybean oil and fractions, $1.21 million of granulated sugar in July, the Chinese customs data showed.
China suspended cross-border freight train services with North Korea following consultations due to COVID-19 infections in its border city of Dandong, China's foreign ministry said on April 29.
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