Project ID: 93443

Chinese Government donates 600,000 tons of grain between June and August 2020 (Linked to Project ID#89303)

Commitment amount

$ 115130259.22810741

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 115130259.23

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [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

2020-06-01

Actual start

2020-06-01

Actual complete

2020-08-31

Description

According to a report by the Asahi Shimbun, the Chinese Government sent roughly 600,000 tons of donated corn and other grains to North Korea from a northeastern Chinese port between June and August 2020, despite international sanctions. A Radio Free Asia report that covers the same time period writes that grain was shipped from Dandong, China, to Nampo, North Korea. The estimated monetary value of this donation is $103,086,000.

Additional details

1. Project ID#89303 captures a separate batch of Chinese food aid sent by train in 2020. 2. To estimate the monetary value of the corn donation ($103,086,000), AidData takes the international price of a ton of corn in January 2020 ($171.81) and multiplies it by 600,000 tons.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of North Korea [Government Agency]