A 2006 report suggests that North Korea requires an estimated 5.3m tonnes of grain per year while harvesting only an estimated 4.5m tonnes, and thus relies on foreign aid to overcome the deficit.
2006年的一份報告顯示，朝鮮每年估計需要530萬噸穀物但估計僅收穫450萬噸糧食，因此依靠外國援助來克服赤字。