Mongolia Imports 2023
Complete list of Mongolia's 83 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$6.02B
Total imports (2023)
#139
Global import rank
83
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Mongolia imported $6.02 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #139 largest importer. Goods came from 83 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 87.9% of total import value. The leading import was with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power, valued at $354.51 million — 5.9% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All import sources
83 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $3.45B | 57.40% |
| 2 | Japan | $759.97M | 12.63% |
| 3 | Germany | $192.95M | 3.21% |
| 4 | Singapore | $171.30M | 2.85% |
| 5 | USA | $156.56M | 2.60% |
| 6 | Switzerland | $151.41M | 2.52% |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | $124.28M | 2.07% |
| 8 | Türkiye | $105.02M | 1.75% |
| 9 | Poland | $87.92M | 1.46% |
| 10 | Italy | $84.68M | 1.41% |
| 11 | France | $66.30M | 1.10% |
| 12 | Netherlands | $64.48M | 1.07% |
| 13 | Slovenia | $44.40M | 0.74% |
| 14 | Austria | $39.54M | 0.66% |
| 15 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $38.77M | 0.64% |
| 16 | Finland | $37.13M | 0.62% |
| 17 | India | $36.50M | 0.61% |
| 18 | Malaysia | $33.51M | 0.56% |
| 19 | Australia | $32.48M | 0.54% |
| 20 | Sweden | $29.89M | 0.50% |
| 21 | Belgium | $26.88M | 0.45% |
| 22 | United Kingdom | $24.80M | 0.41% |
| 23 | Canada | $22.73M | 0.38% |
| 24 | Hungary | $22.23M | 0.37% |
| 25 | Lithuania | $21.81M | 0.36% |
| 26 | Czechia | $21.29M | 0.35% |
| 27 | Thailand | $21.14M | 0.35% |
| 28 | South Africa | $16.40M | 0.27% |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | $12.52M | 0.21% |
| 30 | Spain | $12.13M | 0.20% |
| 31 | Indonesia | $10.80M | 0.18% |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | $10.12M | 0.17% |
| 33 | Ukraine | $9.30M | 0.15% |
| 34 | New Zealand | $7.36M | 0.12% |
| 35 | Denmark | $5.51M | 0.09% |
| 36 | Slovakia | $5.42M | 0.09% |
| 37 | Other Asia, nes | $5.38M | 0.09% |
| 38 | Latvia | $4.31M | 0.07% |
| 39 | Ireland | $3.73M | 0.06% |
| 40 | Bulgaria | $3.65M | 0.06% |
| 41 | Malta | $3.58M | 0.06% |
| 42 | Serbia | $3.19M | 0.05% |
| 43 | Philippines | $3.10M | 0.05% |
| 44 | Brazil | $2.87M | 0.05% |
| 45 | Jordan | $2.68M | 0.04% |
| 46 | Chile | $2.42M | 0.04% |
| 47 | Romania | $2.35M | 0.04% |
| 48 | Rep. of Moldova | $2.15M | 0.04% |
| 49 | Angola | $1.95M | 0.03% |
| 50 | Georgia | $1.87M | 0.03% |
| 51 | Kyrgyzstan | $1.71M | 0.03% |
| 52 | Estonia | $1.67M | 0.03% |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | $1.40M | 0.02% |
| 54 | Croatia | $1.07M | 0.02% |
| 55 | Cyprus | $999,122 | 0.02% |
| 56 | Greece | $998,989 | 0.02% |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | $685,355 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Armenia | $515,876 | 0.01% |
| 59 | North Macedonia | $434,916 | 0.01% |
| 60 | Norway | $396,728 | 0.01% |
| 61 | Portugal | $388,734 | 0.01% |
| 62 | Pakistan | $363,704 | 0.01% |
| 63 | Morocco | $279,852 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | $231,559 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Uruguay | $200,759 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Cambodia | $176,159 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Myanmar | $161,119 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Costa Rica | $133,391 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Luxembourg | $123,791 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $70,445 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Guatemala | $34,191 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Egypt | $33,300 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Ethiopia | $32,720 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Lebanon | $16,456 | 0.00% |
| 75 | El Salvador | $5,770 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Dominican Rep. | $5,172 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Oman | $5,116 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Senegal | $3,400 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Andorra | $1,913 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Ecuador | $1,151 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Montenegro | $981 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Eswatini | $73 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Namibia | $15 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $354.51M | 5.89% |
| 2 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $182.82M | 3.04% |
| 3 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $155.75M | 2.59% |
| 4 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $151.19M | 2.51% |
| 5 | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type) | $138.96M | 2.31% |
| 6 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $132.12M | 2.20% |
| 7 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $126.94M | 2.11% |
| 8 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $126.76M | 2.11% |
| 9 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $118.15M | 1.96% |
| 10 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $95.09M | 1.58% |
| 11 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $94.59M | 1.57% |
| 12 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $88.01M | 1.46% |
| 13 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $81.72M | 1.36% |
| 14 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $70.46M | 1.17% |
| 15 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $69.37M | 1.15% |
| 16 | 401180 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines | $66.87M | 1.11% |
| 17 | 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $61.93M | 1.03% |
| 18 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $52.85M | 0.88% |
| 19 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $46.14M | 0.77% |
| 20 | 732611 | Iron or steel: grinding balls and similar articles for mills, forged or stamped, but not further worked | $44.20M | 0.73% |
| 21 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $37.66M | 0.63% |
| 22 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $36.56M | 0.61% |
| 23 | 843139 | Machinery: parts of the machinery of heading no. 8428, (other than lifts, skip hoists or escalators) | $32.28M | 0.54% |
| 24 | 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $31.97M | 0.53% |
| 25 | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $31.26M | 0.52% |
| 26 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $31.07M | 0.52% |
| 27 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $28.93M | 0.48% |
| 28 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $28.31M | 0.47% |
| 29 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $28.09M | 0.47% |
| 30 | 730619 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (other than of stainless steel or seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $25.75M | 0.43% |
| 31 | 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), new or used | $25.68M | 0.43% |
| 32 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $25.31M | 0.42% |
| 33 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $25.21M | 0.42% |
| 34 | 180690 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $24.59M | 0.41% |
| 35 | 860210 | Rail locomotives: diesel-electric powered | $24.31M | 0.40% |
| 36 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $23.71M | 0.39% |
| 37 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $22.67M | 0.38% |
| 38 | 840290 | Boilers: parts of steam or other vapour generating boilers | $22.61M | 0.38% |
| 39 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $22.43M | 0.37% |
| 40 | 847410 | Machines: for sorting, screening, separating or washing earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $22.25M | 0.37% |
| 41 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $22.04M | 0.37% |
| 42 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $21.77M | 0.36% |
| 43 | 842911 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, track laying | $21.64M | 0.36% |
| 44 | 840820 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87 | $20.86M | 0.35% |
| 45 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $20.26M | 0.34% |
| 46 | 890190 | Vessels: n.e.c. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $19.53M | 0.32% |
| 47 | 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $19.27M | 0.32% |
| 48 | 190230 | Food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | $19.22M | 0.32% |
| 49 | 730630 | Iron or non-alloy steel (excluding cast iron): tubes and pipes (not seamless), welded, of circular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $18.92M | 0.31% |
| 50 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $18.65M | 0.31% |
| 51 | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $18.57M | 0.31% |
| 52 | 853710 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $18.41M | 0.31% |
| 53 | 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $17.94M | 0.30% |
| 54 | 847420 | Machines: for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $17.83M | 0.30% |
| 55 | 841810 | Refrigerators and freezers: combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other | $17.46M | 0.29% |
| 56 | 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $17.45M | 0.29% |
| 57 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $17.27M | 0.29% |
| 58 | 842129 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying liquids, n.e.c. in item no. 8421.2 | $17.21M | 0.29% |
| 59 | 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $16.62M | 0.28% |
| 60 | 870590 | Vehicles: break-down lorries, road-sweepers, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units, and other special purpose vehicles n.e.c. in heading no. 8705 | $16.61M | 0.28% |
| 61 | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $16.51M | 0.27% |
| 62 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $16.43M | 0.27% |
| 63 | 940320 | Furniture: metal, other than for office use | $16.11M | 0.27% |
| 64 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $15.81M | 0.26% |
| 65 | 842810 | Lifts and skip hoists | $15.73M | 0.26% |
| 66 | 842710 | Fork-lift and other works trucks: fitted with lifting or handling equipment, self-propelled by electric motor | $15.50M | 0.26% |
| 67 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $15.10M | 0.25% |
| 68 | 870431 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $14.57M | 0.24% |
| 69 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $14.48M | 0.24% |
| 70 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $14.45M | 0.24% |
| 71 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $14.45M | 0.24% |
| 72 | 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $14.36M | 0.24% |
| 73 | 851660 | Ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters: of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) | $14.30M | 0.24% |
| 74 | 842199 | Machinery: parts for filtering or purifying liquids or gases | $14.24M | 0.24% |
| 75 | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | $13.62M | 0.23% |
| 76 | 843041 | Boring or sinking machinery: self-propelled, n.e.c. in heading no. 8430 | $13.35M | 0.22% |
| 77 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $13.30M | 0.22% |
| 78 | 841480 | Pumps and compressors: for air, vacuum or gas, n.e.c. in heading no. 8414 | $13.29M | 0.22% |
| 79 | 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $12.93M | 0.21% |
| 80 | 391810 | Floor, wall or ceiling coverings: of polymers of vinyl chloride, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles | $12.92M | 0.21% |
| 81 | 853720 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $12.87M | 0.21% |
| 82 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $12.86M | 0.21% |
| 83 | 481810 | Paper articles: toilet paper | $12.71M | 0.21% |
| 84 | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material: rails | $12.61M | 0.21% |
| 85 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $12.50M | 0.21% |
| 86 | 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $12.47M | 0.21% |
| 87 | 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $12.43M | 0.21% |
| 88 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $12.36M | 0.21% |
| 89 | 080810 | Fruit, edible: apples, fresh | $12.26M | 0.20% |
| 90 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $12.23M | 0.20% |
| 91 | 841391 | Pumps: parts thereof | $12.00M | 0.20% |
| 92 | 871690 | Trailers, semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled: parts thereof for heading no. 8716 | $11.81M | 0.20% |
| 93 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | $11.71M | 0.19% |
| 94 | 730840 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering or pit-propping | $11.08M | 0.18% |
| 95 | 871640 | Trailers and semi-trailers: n.e.c. in item no. 8716.3 | $11.03M | 0.18% |
| 96 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $10.98M | 0.18% |
| 97 | 391620 | Vinyl chloride polymers: monofilament, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked | $10.90M | 0.18% |
| 98 | 630533 | Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers | $10.76M | 0.18% |
| 99 | 851761 | Base stations | $10.76M | 0.18% |
| 100 | 681099 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone: articles (other than prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering), whether or not reinforced, n.e.c. in heading no. 6810 | $10.54M | 0.18% |