Улаанбаатар
Food Sales Rise to MNT 10.9 Trillion, Boosting Trade Sector Revenue
Economy
Ulaanbaatar, November 12, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The trade sector’s sales revenue reached MNT 48.5 trillion in the first nine months of 2025, an increase of MNT 289.8 billion compared to the same period in 2024, the National Statistics Office of Mongolia reported.
Of the total sales revenue, 22.4 percent came from food products, while 77.6 percent came from non-food products. Sales of food products amounted to MNT 10.9 trillion, up MNT 572.7 billion from the same period last year.
Wholesale trade accounted for
44.0 percent of the revenue, and retail trade for 6 percent. Retail sales
revenue reached MNT 27.2 trillion, marking an increase of MNT 587 billion
compared to the first nine months of 2024.
Geographically, 86 percent of
the trade sector’s revenue was generated in Ulaanbaatar, 3.4 percent in Umnugobi,
1.2 percent in Orkhon, and 1.3 percent in Darkhan-Uul aimag, together
comprising 91.8 percent of total sales revenue in the sector.
