Ulaanbaatar
Coal export increases
Economy
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Statistics released by the Mongolian Customs General Administration shows that Mongolia’s coal export increased significantly last month.
The number of coal freight trucks crossing Gashuunsukhait, Shiveekhuren, Yarant and Khangi border checkpoints have reached to the same level as it was before COVID-19.
In the first eight months of 2020, export of coal made up 26 percent of Mongolia’s total export. More specifically, 15.2 million tons of coal worth USD 1.16 billion have been exported in the reference period, of which 3.6 million tons were exported in August. The figure shows that the coal export in August increased by nearly two times compared with July.
