Mongolia Trade Surplus Hits 10-Year High

2026-01-12 10:07 By Erika Ordonez 1 min. read

Mongolia’s trade surplus widened significantly to USD 857.9 million in December 2025 from USD 159.3 million in the same month last year, marking the largest trade surplus since January 2016.

Exports soared 65.9% year-on-year to USD 1,964.7 million, the highest on record, while imports rose 8% to USD 1,106.8 million.

For the full year 2025, the trade surplus increased to USD 4,389.4 million from 4,168.7 million a year earlier.

Exports decreased by 0.5% year-on-year to USD 15,701.5 million, largely due to reduced shipments of mineral products (-3.5%) and textiles and textile articles (-2.7%).

China accounted for 89.4% of total exports, followed by Switzerland (6.9%) and the US (0.8%).

Meanwhile, imports declined by 2.6% to USD 11,312.1 million, weighed down by lower purchases of transport vehicles and spare parts (-16.7%) and machinery, equipment, and electric appliances (-2.1%).

China remained the largest share of total imports (40.9%), followed by Russia (24.5%) and Japan (9.6%).



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