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North Korea spent $25 million on Alaska pollock from China in 2019, data shows

Import of millions of kilograms of fish from China last year came despite a thriving domestic seafood industry

North Korea spent more than $25 million on Alaska pollock from China in 2019, data made public this week by the Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC) revealed.

The new numbers, which show the DPRK imported more than 27 million kg of the frozen fish last year, reveal the extent to which Beijing and Pyongyang continue to trade with each other even as much of the world has shunned any economic contact with the North.

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