The trade growth slowed down in 2016 but has continued up until now. The region exports mainly minerals, mineral oils and products of their distillation, while its imported goods are mostly machinery and mechanical appliances. In Kazakhstan, for example, from 2015 to 2016 revenues from international transit rose 40% to USD 700 million. Similarly, Mongolia has a unique location between Russia and China such that almost 90% of freight between these two countries is carried by Ulaanbaatar Railways through Mongolian territory, in 2016, Ulaanbaatar Railways transported 2.3 million tonnes of transit cargo, which was around 15% more than in 2015 and which accounted for 25% of the country's overall transport revenues.