Mongolia exported crude oil worth USD 24.8 million and imported USD 273 million of petroleum products in the first five months of 2020, which means the oil industry deficit reached USD 248 million. Fuel import contracted by 7 percent to 206,000 tons compared to the same period of the previous year. It plummetted by 20 percent to USD 101.8 million in price. Diesel fuel import decreased by 20 percent to 335,300 tons from a year ago, financially dwindled by 34 percent to USD 171 million. Domestic crude oil consumptions have been lowered predom-inantly due to the pandemic. Specifically, oil consumption has been deteriorated as a result of the suspension of export and obstacles in the mining industry, according to the fuel importers. Rosneft Oil Company decreased its border price of oil products supplied to Mongolia. On this subject, the retail price of AI-92 gasoline has been reduced by MNT 475 per liter, AI-80 by MNT 380, AI-95 by MNT 440, and diesel fuel by MNT 590 since March. PetroChina Daqing Tamsag LLC exports oil through the Bayankhoshuu border checkpoint, while Donshin Oil LLC exports by railway. Railway export has not been disrupted in the last few months. However, exports from the Bayankhoshuu border resumed after a period of disruption. Currently, there is no hindrance to exports, said the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia (MRPAM)

Published Date:2020-06-08