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Monthly total marks highest since April and comes amid push to boost cooperation following Xi-Kim summit
Chinese and DPRK leaders Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un during a concert in Pyongyang on June 8, 2026 | Image: KCTV (June 9, 2026)
North Korea’s trade with China reached nearly $300 million in September, marking the second-highest total this year and coming as the allies prepared to open their biggest cross-border bridge.
The two countries recorded $299 million in bilateral trade last month, up from $238 million in August, China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) reported on Sunday.
The monthly figure is second this year only to the nearly $326 million recorded in April. It is among the top trade totals on record after the $310 million registered in Dec. 2025 and the $366 million posted in Nov. 2017.
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