<p>China's exports to North Korea soared in April from a year earlier, with wigs and fertiliser among major shipments, Chinese customs data showed on Saturday.</p>.<p>Chinese outbound shipments to the isolated country surged 69 per cent year-on-year to $166 million in April, data released by China's General Administration of Customs showed.</p>.<p>The top export items in terms of value were processed hair and wool used in wigs, worth about $11.6 million, and diammonium hydrogen phosphate, a widely used fertiliser, worth $8.84 million.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/international/chinas-exports-to-north-korea-more-than-tripled-in-2022-1182869.html" target="_blank">China's exports to North Korea more than tripled in 2022</a></strong></p>.<p>Pyongyang purchased $5.07 million of rice from China in April.</p>.<p>In January-April, Chinese exports to North Korea leapt to $603 million from $270.59 million a year earlier, according to the customs data.</p>.<p>North Korea has long suffered from food insecurity and South Korea's DongA Ilbo newspaper reported in mid-February that Pyongyang's food crisis may have deteriorated.</p>.<p>The country has been under UN sanctions for its missile and nuclear programmes since 2006. </p>
<p>China's exports to North Korea soared in April from a year earlier, with wigs and fertiliser among major shipments, Chinese customs data showed on Saturday.</p>.<p>Chinese outbound shipments to the isolated country surged 69 per cent year-on-year to $166 million in April, data released by China's General Administration of Customs showed.</p>.<p>The top export items in terms of value were processed hair and wool used in wigs, worth about $11.6 million, and diammonium hydrogen phosphate, a widely used fertiliser, worth $8.84 million.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/international/chinas-exports-to-north-korea-more-than-tripled-in-2022-1182869.html" target="_blank">China's exports to North Korea more than tripled in 2022</a></strong></p>.<p>Pyongyang purchased $5.07 million of rice from China in April.</p>.<p>In January-April, Chinese exports to North Korea leapt to $603 million from $270.59 million a year earlier, according to the customs data.</p>.<p>North Korea has long suffered from food insecurity and South Korea's DongA Ilbo newspaper reported in mid-February that Pyongyang's food crisis may have deteriorated.</p>.<p>The country has been under UN sanctions for its missile and nuclear programmes since 2006. </p>