China's July trade with North Korea slows from June as coal ban bites

Beijing

CHINA'S trade with North Korea fell in July from a month earlier, data showed on Wednesday, as a ban on coal purchases from its isolated neighbour slowed imports amid growing pressure from the United States to rein in Pyongyang's missile programme.

The world's second-largest economy imported and exported goods worth US$456.16 million in July, down from US$489 million in June, according to data from China's General Administration of Customs.