External trade surplus keeps rising www.en.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the first eight months of 2016, Mongolia traded with 140 countries and a total external trade turnover reached USD 5166.8 million, of which USD 2993.3 million was made up by exports and USD 2173.5 million -- by imports.
Total external trade turnover decreased by USD 631.5 million or 10.9 percent. Exports decreased by USD 258.3 million or 7.9 percent and imports decreased by USD 373.3 million or 14.7 percent compared with the same period of the last year.
The external trade balance, so far this year, resulted in surplus of USD 819.9 million, increasing by USD 115.1 million against the same period of 2015.
Published Date:2016-09-15