Parliament on Friday discussed the 27th protocol, which deals with tariffs on imported goods, and the MPs approved further discussion of a measure to increase the tariff on imported wheat by 40 percent.

However, the increase might be lower at border points in western aimags, because that region is dependent on imported flour.

Mongolia’s annual demand for flour is about 244,000 tons, of which 17,000 tons were imported in 2008, 21,000 tons in 2009, and 19,000 tons in 2010.