Chinese trade with North Korea continued to stall at minuscule levels in January and February, after the country’s economy suffered serious blows amid the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

According to China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC), the value of Chinese exports to the DPRK stood at $29,000 in January and $3,000 in February, with both months representing record lows since at least 2017. China imported $1.48 million in goods from the DPRK in January and $3.24 million in February — a modest growth compared to DPRK export values seen in winter 2020.

China-DPRK trade dropped by 97.7% in value when comparing