Mongolia says it earns over 169 mln USD from coal exports to China in Jan.

Mongolia earned 169.2 million U.S. dollars from coal exports to China in January, the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA) said Tuesday.
 
The Asian country exported a total of 2.1 million tons of coal in January, virtually all to China, the MCGA said in a statement, adding that the figure is an increase of around 192,000 tons from the same period last year.
 
Coal is the landlocked country's main export commodity. The country exported a total of 36.5 million tons of coal last year, reaching an all-time high.
 
The country has set a goal to increase coal exports to 40 million tons in the coming years.