North Korea's Demand for Chinese Corn Soars 4,600 Percent
- North Korea was biggest market for Chinese corn shipments
- China is North Korea’s biggest trading partner, supplies food
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China’s shipments of corn and wheat to North Korea surged as the nation in the center of a global nuclear standoff struggled with drought at home.
Corn exports increased 4,586 percent in August from a year earlier to 14,057 metric tons, accounting for 97 percent of the total, according to customs data published on Tuesday. Wheat shipments climbed 5,405 percent from a year earlier to 6,001 tons, making North Korea the biggest buyer after Hong Kong, according to the data.