Project ID: 41496

Chinese Government donates 2163.8 tons of wheat to North Korea in 2011

Commitment amount

$ 705967.0403490253

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 705967.04

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

North Korea

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2011-12-20

Actual start

2012-01-12

Actual complete

2012-01-22

Description

On December 20, 2011, Hu Jintao announced that the Chinese Government would donate 250,000 tons of crude oil (captured via Project ID#63332) and 500,000 tons of food (captured via Project ID#41496) to North Korea in a meeting with senior officials. This donation was decided upon right after the announcement of Kim Jong Il's death on December 19, 2011. The aid package was offered as a gesture of support for the new regime of Kim Jong Un. However, according to Chinese Government reporting to the World Food Program’s International Food Aid Information System (INTERFAIS), it ultimately donated 2163.8 metric tons of wheat to North Korea in 2011. To estimate the monetary value of the wheat donation ($574,012.86), AidData takes the international price of a ton of wheat in January 2011 ($265.28) and multiplies it by 2163.8 tons.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

10

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of North Korea [Government Agency]