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Mongolia holds 10 days of AI-92 and 27 of diesel as police log 431 fuel-queue disputes

Mongolia’s national stock stood at 22,000 tonnes of AI-92 petrol, or 10 days of consumption, and 108,000 tonnes of diesel, or 27 days, the deputy minister of industry and mineral resources, B. Munkhtamir, said on Monday, in ikon.mn’s account at 14:12 Ulaanbaatar time. Of 78,000 tonnes contracted from Russia, China and third countries, 38,000 had arrived.

By CAW Staff19 October 2026
A single fuel nozzle lit by one shaft of light in a dark filling-station forecourt.

AI-95 stood at 2,079 tonnes, or 17 days, and jet fuel at 7,081 tonnes, or 34 days, by the same count. Deals to bring AI-92 from China and South Korea are being negotiated, and a cooperation agreement with the Korean side is to be signed at the end of the month, the deputy minister said.

Beside the stocks he gave the police count. The General Police Department received 786 calls on fuel, 72 of them duplicates, and prevented 159 incidents, he said, quoting the department. Of the cases, 431 were disputes connected with fuel, 33 damage to property, 36 offences against health and 23 cases of siphoning fuel for resale, and the police open administrative cases on each.

AI-95 stood at 2,079 tonnes, or 17 days, and jet fuel at 7,081 tonnes, or 34 days, by the same count.

The period of the count is given only as the past period, and the page prints no price a litre.

CAW reported on 13 October that AI-92 had risen by 500 to 550 tugrik a litre the day before, with 14 days of stock in hand. Monday’s 10 days is four days less than that count, by CAW’s arithmetic.

Mongolia’s zero customs duty on fuel at three border crossings begins on Wednesday 21 October.

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