Inner Mongolia boasts the largest number of border ports in China. These ports, bordering Mongolia or Russia, have helped China’s opening-up to surrounding countries and more European countries.
In 2018, the region’s foreign trade hit a record high, yielding 103.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion). The import and export values were 65.6 billion yuan and 37.9 billion yuan, an increase of 7.5 percent and 14.4 percent respectively.
The major exports were steel, machinery products and organic chemicals, and the imports were coal and ore.