News Russian exports to North Korea soared in April, new data showsIn addition to 25,000 tonne food aid shipment, majority of goods related to construction, medicine Russia exported over $9.6 million worth of products to the DPRK in April, data from Russia’s Federal Customs Service shows, $7.4 million of which is directly attributable to a single humanitarian grain shipment organized by the country’s embassy in Pyongyang. Data shows 25,000,000 kg of wheat or meslin grain valued at $7.4 million was exported to the DPRK in April, a weight-for-weight match of a humanitarian shipment that, according to the Russian embassy, was delivered so carefully “not a single grain was lost.” The 25,000 metric tonne (25,000,000 kg) wheat aid shipment ferried by the cargo ship Polina arrived © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |