Inter-Korean trade up in Jan.-July

Trade value between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reached 668 million U.S. dollars in Jan.-July this year, up 14.7 percent year- on-year, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) said Sunday.

South Korea's exports to the DPRK came to 446.6 million U.S. dollars, down 2.2 percent from the year-ago period, and its imports from the DPRK totaled 263.2 million US dollars, up 56.8 percent.

The corporate-related trade, including the trading related to inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong, increased 31.9 percent to 489 million U.S. dollars, and non-corporate trade such as the trading with government and private aids fell 15.3 percent to 178. 5 million U.S. dollars.

Source: Xinhua