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BEIJING, Nov 24 (Reuters) - China imported no iron ore, lead or coal from North Korea in October as sanctions against the isolated nation came into force, while the world's second-largest economy didn't export any diesel, gasoline or corn, data showed on Friday.
The data represents the first whole month since the latest U.N. penalties came into force on Sept. 5, banning Pyongyang from selling coal, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood abroad. was the first time since July 2015 that China has not sold any gasoline to its northern neighbour and it was the first time since August 2016 that it sold no diesel, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed.
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) CNPET.UL suspended sales of both fuels in June. breakdown of trade by product comes after data on Thursday showed China's total trade with North Korea fell to its lowest since February as imports sank to their weakest in years. table below gives a breakdown of imports and exports of major commodities between the two nations:
Imports
Oct-17 yr-on-yr % Jan-Oct % change
change
Coal
0
- 4,826,17
-74
7
Iron ore
0
- 1,656,55
15.7
2
Lead ore &
0
-
92,822
12.81 concentrates
Molybdenum
80
-
955
25.5 ores & concs
Zinc ores &
0
-
2,415
-97.7 concentrates
Exports
Oct-17
% change Jan-Oct % change Soyoil
9,535
24.4
78,366
37.2 Ethanol
3,509
114.5
30,148
229.02 Gasoline
0
-
46,159
-44.2 Diesel
0
-
11,032
-63.9 Jet fuel
14
-52.91
1,270
45.6 Other fuel
0
-
22,012
-71.85 oil
Fuel No. 5-7
0
-
4,886
-16.8 LPG
55
3.9
879
54.8 Refined lead
0
-
149
7,255 synthetic
16
-83.48
440
3 rubber
Corn
0
-
50,018
3,290 Rice
1,058
-82.9
33,681
-7 Sugar
9,028
902,740
53,753
4,249 Cotton
50
-
1,366
-24.1 Soymeal
2,223
65.3
21,797
163 In tonnes except for ethanol in cubic metres % change is year-on-year