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

ULAN BATOR, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- 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.