Ulaanbaatar
98.5 percent of nitrogen fertilizers being imported from Russia
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Mongolia imports more than 98
percent of its nitrogen fertilizers, 98.4 percent of wagon imports (goods
transported by railway), 88.6 percent of oil products, 84.3 percent of natural
gas and 62 percent of iron armature from Russia.
Last year, USD 5.9 billion was spent on imports of non-food
products, with 38.4 percent of this amount being imports from European
countries and 27.5 percent from Russia.
According to the National Statistics Office of Mongolia,
46.8 percent of pharmaceutical products, 54.5 percent of body skin care
products and 49.1 percent of detergents were imported from European countries.
