BEIJING, April 21 (Reuters) - China's overall exports to
North Korea in March rose sharply compared with the same month
last year for the second month in a row, with the major export
items including rice, Chinese customs data showed on Friday.
Chinese outbound shipments to the isolated country surged
141.7% year-on-year last month following a 161.5% leap in
January-February, data released by China's General
Administration of Customs showed.
Rice was the most imported commodity by value, totalling $22
million. The country also imported around $8 million in
artificial wigs and $7 million in tobacco.
China's foreign ministry said last month that relations
between China and North Korea had entered "a new historic
period" in recent years and continued to develop under the
"strategic leadership" of both countries.
China's new ambassador to North Korea, Wang Yajun, arrived
in the North on March 27.
(Reporting by Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo; Editing by Hugh
Lawson)
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