BEIJING, June 23 (Reuters) - China raised its imports of iron ore from North Korea in May from a year earlier but bought no coal for a third month after Beijing halted coal shipments from its increasingly isolated neighbour, data showed on Friday.
Iron ore arrivals hit 233,508 tonnes, compared with 217,897 tonnes last year. Imports were down 18.2 percent from April, when they hit their highest since August 2014.
The table below gives a breakdown of imports and exports of major commodities between the two nations:
May
m-on-m
yr-on-yr April
May
2017
% change % change 2017
2016 Imports
Coal
-
-
-
-
1.55 mln Iron ore
233,508
-18.2
+7.2
285,490 217,897
Exports
3,310
+56.9
+395.5
2,109
668 Gasoline
5,219
-61.3
-7.5
13,496
5,643 Diesel
10
-99.6
-99.6
2,606
2,719 Jet fuel
265
+38.7
+109.2
191
127 Other fuel 150
-
-
-
- oil
Fuel No.
310
-68.8
-
995
- 5-7
LPG
65
+4.4
+50.9
68
43 In tonnes except for ethanol in cubic metres