{"id":1266168,"date":"2025-12-11T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1266168"},"modified":"2025-12-07T22:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:15:58","slug":"china-edges-russia-out-of-mongolian-exports-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/china-edges-russia-out-of-mongolian-exports-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"China edges Russia out of Mongolian exports \u2014 intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China is consolidating its position as Mongolia\u2019s key economic partner, rapidly expanding purchases of Mongolian coal and financing new logistics routes that deepen Ulaanbaatar\u2019s dependence on its southern neighbor while simultaneously reducing Russia\u2019s role in regional trade, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was reported by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/szru.gov.ua\/en\/news-media\/news\/china-is-strengthening--its-dominance-in-mongolias-exports-displacing-russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mongolia plans to increase coal exports to China by almost 20% this year. According to government forecasts, sales are expected to reach 100 million tonnes, thereby strengthening the resource sector, which already accounts for approximately 12% of the country\u2019s GDP. The government also declares proven oil reserves of 33.4 billion tonnes, although coal remains the most marketable component of Mongolia\u2019s exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To support this growth, both countries are advancing infrastructure projects: China and Mongolia have agreed to build a new railway line between Gants-Mod and Gashuun Sukhait. In parallel, Beijing is constructing an approach to the Gants-Mod crossing on its side of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These projects could push Mongolia\u2019s annual coal exports to 165 million tonnes\u2014an especially significant development for China, as the world\u2019s largest steel producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing\u2019s dominance in Mongolia\u2019s external trade is expanding rapidly. Currently, over 90% of Mongolian exports are directed to the Chinese market, while in 2022 this figure stood at 64%. For comparison, Switzerland, the second-largest destination, receives only 5.6% of Mongolian shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to intelligence, Russia\u2014until recently one of Mongolia\u2019s key neighboring partners\u2014has effectively lost its position. Its share in Ulaanbaatar\u2019s exports has fallen to 0.5%, reflecting a shift in the region\u2019s geoeconomic balance and the gradual displacement of Moscow from the Mongolian market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMongolia\u2019s growing trade dependence on China indicates a profound transformation of economic priorities and a reformatting of the power field in Central Asia, where Russia\u2019s influence continues to weaken amid Beijing\u2019s active expansion,\u201d the intelligence service noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/collapse-of-rosneft-s-revenues-threatens-related-sectors-of-russia-s-economy-intelligence\/\">Collapse of Rosneft\u2019s revenues threatens related sectors of Russia\u2019s economy \u2013 intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is consolidating its position as Mongolia\u2019s key economic partner, rapidly expanding &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1266171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,36422],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1266168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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