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According to Chinese Government reporting to the World Food Program’s International Food Aid Information System (INTERFAIS), the Chinese Government donated and delivered 32,886 metric tons of maize (in ten separate deliveries of 1685 tons, 3227 tons, 15678 tons, 5345 tons, 4110 tons, 7697 tons, 4350 tons, 1072 tons, 500 tons, and 3333 tons) to North Korea in 2003. To estimate the monetary value of the maize donation ($3,480,654.24), AidData takes the international price of a ton of maize in January 2003 ($105.84) and multiplies it by 32,886 tons.