Mongolia's exports to China in the first 10 months accounted for 40.7% coal and 41.1% copper ore and concentrate.
Montsame, Ulaanbaatar, November 13th, according to the National Statistics Office, in the first 10 months of 2025, Mongolia traded with 177 countries, with a total foreign trade volume of 21.6 billion USD. Of which, the export volume was 12.2 billion USD, the import volume was 9.4 billion USD, and the trade surplus was 2.9 billion USD.
The export value of coal decreased by 2.9 billion USD, the export value of cleaned cashmere decreased by 256.7 million USD, the export value of crude oil decreased by 55.4 million USD, and the export value of mutton and goat meat decreased by 141.0 million USD.
On the other hand, the export value of copper ore and concentrate increased by 1.9 billion USD, the export value of fine wool and mane hair increased by 190.9 million USD, the export value of unprocessed or semi-processed gold increased by 126.1 million USD, and the export value of zinc ore and concentrate increased by 40.2 million USD.
The import value of trucks decreased by 168.0 million USD, the import value of public transport vehicles decreased by 51.3 million USD, the import value of bulldozers and excavators decreased by 38.7 million USD, the import value of gasoline decreased by 26.8 million USD, and the import value of diesel decreased by 20.3 million USD.
Mineral products, gems and metal foods accounted for 93% of the export volume. Mineral products, machinery and equipment, electrical equipment, vehicles and their parts, as well as basic metals and their products accounted for 70.9% of the import volume.
The price of gold increased by 814.3 USD per ounce, and the price of copper ore and concentrate increased by 479.5 USD per ton.
In the products exported to China, coal accounted for 40.7%, and copper ore and concentrate accounted for 41.1%. While in the products exported to Switzerland, unprocessed or semi-processed gold accounted for 99.7%.
71.3% of copper ore and concentrate were exported through the Gashuun Sukhai border checkpoint, an increase of 9.2 percentage points compared to the previous year.
Petroleum products accounted for 71.8% of imports from Russia, passenger cars accounted for 77.9% of imports from Japan, and trucks accounted for 7.7% of imports from China.
The average border price of imported eggs was 83.8 USD per thousand pieces, a decrease of 12.1 USD compared to the previous month.
Of these, 49.8% of the exports went through the Gashuun Sukhai border checkpoint, 21.6% through the Zamyn Uud border checkpoint, accounting for 71.4% of the total export volume; 59.6% of the imports went through the Zamyn Uud border checkpoint, 20.9% through the Sukhbaatar border checkpoint, accounting for 80.5% of the total import volume.
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