Mongolia’s coal exports to China have been accelerating recently, as evidenced by the fact that coal transportation via truck has reached 1,000 units/day at the Ganqimaodu checkpoint in North China’s Inner Mongolia, the country’s largest import conduit for Mongolian coal. A month ago the volume was only at about 600 trucks/day.

“The implementation of ‘fast track’ processing from August has notably lifted coal imports from Mongolia,” said a Shanghai-based market watcher, adding that Mongolian coal deliveries via the Ceke checkpoint, another major conduit also in Inner Mongolia, had increased as well to 700 units/day from 500 units/day in late July.