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Exports decreased by 38.5 percent
Economy
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. In the first five months of 2020,
Mongolia traded with 131 countries, and the country’s total foreign trade
turnover reached USD 4.0 billion, of which USD 2.0 billion were exports and USD
2.0 billion were imports.
The total foreign trade turnover went down by USD 1.6 billion
(28.3%), of which exports decreased by USD 1.3 billion (38.5%) and imports
decreased by USD 322.6 million (13.9%) compared to the same period of the
previous year.
In May 2020, exports and imports reached USD 632.7 million
and USD 406.1 million respectively. Compared to the previous month, exports
increased by USD 294.9 million while imports dropped by USD 18.7 million.
The foreign trade balance, which was in surplus of USD 948.3
million in the first five months of 2019, decreased by USD 934.5 million, showing a surplus of USD 13.9 million in
the first five months of 2020.
