From 16 April the Inner Mongolian Gants Mod border crossing is allowing the trucks bringing high-quality coal from the Tavan Tolgoi mine to occupy three lanes. As a result, Mongolia’s coal transportation through the border crossing has shot up by 20 percent to 869 trucks compared to previous days.

Since late 2017, Mongolian coal trucks had been entering China only via two lanes. This resulted in congestion resulting in a decrease in coal exports and a gigantic queue of coal trucks snaking far across the Gobi desert; in October the daily queues stretched as far a 130 kilometres.

During the PM's visit to China, he specifically visited the Inner Mongolian city of Bayannuur, where an agreement was reached on increasing the volume of coal trucks entering China at the Gants Mod border crossing.