The economic trade between China and North Korea has been robust since early this year. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on February 29 that bilateral trade between the two countries just in January 2012 reached 418 million USD， an 18 percent jump over the same period last year. North Korea’s exports to China increased 7 percent to 139 million USD， while imports also increased 24 percent to $278 million USD.

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