AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia has imported 275,200 tons of petroleum products from the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry said.

Specifically, the country has imported 106.1 thousand tons of gasoline, 144.5 thousand tons of diesel fuel, 3.4 thousand tons of aviation kerosene and 21.2 thousand tons of other oil products, Montsame reports.

As of February 18-24, the country exported a total of 1.196.9 thousand tons of coal (1884 containers by road, 350 containers by rail), 191.5 thousand tons of copper concentrate (192 containers by road, 220 containers by rail) as well as 280.0 thousand tons of iron ore and concentrate (754 containers by rail) from the beginning of the year.

The purchase of gold by the central bank was 2,122.9 kg from the beginning of the year, which represents an increase of 6.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.