Mongolia Trade Surplus Largest In Over a Year

2025-10-10 10:18 By Mariene Camarillo 1 min. read

Mongolia’s trade surplus widened significantly to USD 487.2 million in September 2025 from USD 50.7 million in the same month last year.

This marked the largest trade surplus since June 2024, as exports rose by 10.1% to USD 1550.5 million, while imports grew by 6.6% to USD 1063.3 million.

For the January-September period, however, the trade plus narrowed to USD 2,174.8 million from 3,174.8 million a year earlier.

Exports declined by 9.1% year-on-year to USD 10,708.6 million, largely driven reduced shipments by textiles and textile articles (-35.3%) and mineral products (-9.7%), with China representing 91.2% of total exports, followed by Switzerland (5.7%), and the US (0.9%).

Meanwhile, imports slipped by 0.9% to USD 8,533.8 million, dragged down by reduced purchases of transport vehicles and their spare parts (-11.3%) and mineral products (-3.3%).

China accounted for the largest share of total imports (40.6%), followed by Russia (23.9%) and Japan (10.8%).



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