MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Ulaanbaatar, Erdenet, Darkhan
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport,
MAJOR SEAPORTS: Closest ports to Mongolia: Tianjin, China - approximately 1700km from Tianjin to Ulaanbaatar. Vladivostok, Russia - approximately 3,800km from Vladivostok to Ulaanbaatar
RAIL AND ROADWAYS: The Trans-Mongolian Railway connects the Trans-Siberian Railway from Ulan Ude in Russia to Erenhot and Beijing in China through the capital Ulaanbaatar. The Mongolian section of this line runs for 1110 km. A spur line connects Darkhan to the copper mines of Erdenet; another spur line connects Ulaanbaatar with the coal mines of Baganuur. This network of paved roads was expanded to 4,800 km in 2013, with 1,800 km completed in 2014 alone. This included the roads from Ulaanbaatar to the Russian and Chinese borders, paved road from Ulaanbaatar to Kharkhorin and Bayankhongor, another going south to Mandalgovi, and a partly parallel road from Lün to Dashinchilen, as well as the road from Darkhan to Bulgan via Erdenet. The vast majority of Mongolia's official road network, some 40,000 km, are simple cross-country tracks.
EXPORT GOODS: The top exports of Mongolia are Coal Briquettes ($3.07B), Copper Ore ($1.79B), Gold ($1.04B), Iron Ore ($572M), and Crude Petroleum ($365M)
EXPORT PARTNERS: exporting mostly to China($6.59B), Switzerland ($700M), United Kingdom ($296M), Singapore ($155M), and Italy($74.2M)
IMPORT GOODS: The top imports of Mongolia are Refined Petroleum ($1.15B), Cars ($384M), Delivery Trucks ($383M), Large Construction Vehicles ($208M), and Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($165M)
IMPORT PARTNERS: importing mostly from China ($1.95B), Russia ($1.78B), Japan($594M), South Korea ($287M), and United States ($270M)
