Chinese Government donates 80,000 tons of high quality coal in 2009 (Linked to Record ID#63382, #63004)

$6.84M USD

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of North Korea
Country	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Start Date	Jan 01, 2009
End Date	Jul 09, 2029
Duration	7,494 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`63390`

Grant Description

In October 2009, when Premier Wen Jiabao visited North Korea, an agreement was reached in which the Chinese Government committed to donate 30,000 tons of food (captured via Record ID#63004), 50,000 tons of fuel oil (captured via Record ID#63382), and 80,000 tons of high-quality coal (captured via Record ID#63390) to the Government of North Korea.

It is unclear if and when this project was implemented.

To estimate the monetary value of the coking coal donation ($6,844,800), AidData takes the international price of a ton of coal in January 2009 ($85.56) and multiplies it by 80,000 tons.

📚 Sources & References

China’s Aid to North Korea — Centered on the China-North Korea Oil Pipeline
Global price of Coal
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