The total foreign trade turnover reached 10.6 billion USD at the end of September, marking a surge of 911 million USD (9.5 percent) compared to the same period of last year, reported the General Customs Authority on Wednesday.
In the last nine months, Mongolia traded with 146 countries, exporting products to 72 countries and importing products from 145 countries. As of September, the trade turnover had a surplus of 1.3 billion USD.
Export jumps 12.6%
As of September, exportation amounted to 5.95 billion USD, up by 663.3 million USD (12.6 percent) since September 2018.
This growth was mainly driven by increases of 424.1 million USD in mineral product export, 200 million USD in pearl, precious stones and jewelry, as well as 28.2 million USD increase in exports of knitted wear and handmade crafts.
A breakdown of exported goods shows that prices of 13 out of 21 types of products went up.
As of September, mineral products accounted for 82.2 percent of all exports, while knitted products accounted for 6.5 percent and gold for 5.8 percent.
In the reference period, 14,400 tons of horse meat, 1,900 tons of mutton and goat meat, and 1,300 tons of animal by-products were exported.
Coal export draw up to 30 million tons
Mineral products made up 82.2 percent of total exports as of September and 98.5 percent of mineral exports was made up of iron ore, coal, copper concentrate, zinc concentrate, fluorspar and molybdenum concentrates, and unprocessed oil.
Here’s a breakdown of mineral exports.
Gold price UP 4 USD per kg
In the first nine months, Mongolia exported 7,464.5 kilograms of gold, up by over four kilograms since September 2018, according to the General Customs Authority.
The report underlined that gold export price increased from 42,104.9 USD per kilogram in September 2018 to 46,121.4 USD per kilogram in September 2019. This is a rise of 4,016.5 USD.
In monetary value, gold export amounted to 344.3 million USD, rising by 199.8 USD compared to the same period of last year.