Mongolia Trade Surplus Hits Record High
2026-04-10 09:54
By
Erika Ordonez
1 min. read
Mongolia’s trade surplus widened significantly to a record high of USD 939.4 million in March 2026 from USD 174.0 million in the same month last year.
Exports soared 82.9% year-on-year to USD 1,843.7 million, while imports rose 8.4% to USD 904.2 million.
For the January-March period, the trade surplus increased sharply to USD 2,411.7 million from USD 467.1 million a year earlier.
Exports climbed 62.3% year-on-year to USD 4,889.0 million, largely due to higher shipments of mineral products (63.9%), natural or cultured stones and precious metals (87.7%), and textiles and textile articles (24.9%).
China accounted for 91.6% of total exports, followed by Switzerland (5.4%) and the US (1.1%).
Meanwhile, imports declined by 2.7% to USD 2,477.3 million, weighed down by lower purchases of transport vehicles and spare parts (-35.3%) and machinery, equipment, and electric appliances (-8.4%).
China remained the largest source of total imports (35.7%), followed by Russia (30.2%) and Japan (9.6%).