WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/N/3/MNG/1
12 June 2003
(03-3065)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  English
REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES1
Notification under Article 7.3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
MONGOLIA
The following communication, dated 15 May 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Mongolia.
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Outline of System
1. The importation of certain products into Mongolia is subject to automatic or non-automatic
import licensing.
Automatic import licensing is applied for monitoring purposes on the importation of several
products.  The automatic licence is granted in all cases and within one day.
Non-automatic licences are required for the importation of some products with a view to
protect human, animal and plant health and life; to monitor trade; and to fulfill the obligations of
Mongolia pursuant to international treaties.  The licence is granted 21 days after the submission of theapplication to the respective administrative body which is responsible for  issuing the licence.
Import licensing procedures are administered by a limited number of administrative bodies
and are not related to quantity.
Purposes and coverage of licensing
2. See the list of products subject to import licensing in Annex 1.
3. The system applies to imports of goods originating in and coming from all countries.4. The licensing is not intended to restrict the quantity or value of imports.  The importation of
certain products in Mongolia is subject to licen sing in compliance with international commitments
undertaken by Mongolia, when Mongolian legislation requires such a regime for sanitary, national
security or other considerations pursuant to Articles XX and XXI of GATT 1994 for monitoringpurposes.
5. The licensing system is maintained under Re solution of the Government of Mongolia No. 54
of 2001 on the foreign trade regime of Mongolia, published in the State Gazette "Turiin medeelel"
No. 18 of 2001 and the amendment to that Resolution, published in the State gazette "Turiin
                                                     
1 See document G/LIC/3, Annex, for the Questionnaire.G/LIC/N/3/MNG/1
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medeelel" No. 47 of 2002.  The list of products subject to import licensing and the administrative
bodies responsible for the administration of the import licensing procedures are determined by the
relevant Ministries of Mongolia.
Procedures
6. Not applicable.7.(a) The application for a licence must be made prior to importation.
(b) Licences can be granted immediately upon request.
(c) No limitations.
(d) In all cases, the consideration of licence applications is effected by a single administrativebody, which is competent to issue a licence according to the type of the imported goods.
8. If a non-automatic licence application is refused the applicant shall on request be given the
reason therefor.   The applicants have the right of appeal, in the event of refusal to issue a licence,
under the general terms and conditions laid down in the Resolution on issuing export and importlicences for products passing the state frontier under state control.
Eligibility of importers to apply for licence
9. Any natural person or legal entity registered in accordance with the Resolution on issuing
export and import licences for products passing the state frontier under state control is eligible to
apply for a licence in writing.
Documentational and other requirements for application for licence
10. Information required on application:
Applicants should submit an application which is made on the form approved by the National
centre for Standardisation and Metrology.  App lication must include the following information:
- Applicant's name and address
- Product name, description and code- Product quantity and convertible currency pricing
- Timing of delivery and transport type
- Foreign Exporter's name and address for import licences
- Country of production
- Name of the Mongolian frontier port- Name and address of the applicant's Tax Office
The applicant is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided in the application.Application for export and import licence must include the following documents:- Certificate of state registration of the company or organisation, passport for a person,
notarized and certified
- Copy of contract
- Implementation of licence previously issued by the same name- Document of state patent payment
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11. Upon actual importation the importer has to pres ent to the customs auth orities the following
documents: pro-forma invoice, transport documents, specifications, customs declaration, certificate of
origin and any other documents as deemed necessary.
12.  There is a licensing fee necessary to cover the administrative expenses for processing of
documents.
13. No deposit or advance payment is required in connection with the issue of licences.Conditions of licensing
14. The period of validity of automatic and non-automatic import licences is up to one year from
the date of issuance.  The validity can be extended upon request.
15. There is no penalty for the non-utilisation of a licence or a portion of it.16. Licences are not transferable between importers.17. None.Other procedural requirements
18. There are no other administrative procedures required prior to importation apart from
veterinary, phytosanitary and quality regulations.
19. The foreign exchange necessary to pay for licensed imports is made available to licence
holders on the same basis as to importers of goods not requiring import licences.G/LIC/N/3/MNG/1
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Annex I
Products subject to passing the State frontier under State control
HS CODE Description of goods
Breeding cattle Exit
0101.10.00 Pure-bred breeding horses
0101.90.00 Other breeding horses
0102.10.00 Pure-bred breeding animals
0102.90.00 Other breeding cattle
0103.10.00 Live swine
0104.10.00 Sheep
0104.20.00 Goats
0106.90.10 Camel Exit
Rare animals
0507.90.11 Antlers, filled with blood
0507.90.21 Horns
0507.90.29 Other
0510.00.11 Musk
0510.00.12 Penus
0511.10.00 Bovine semen
0511.99.10 Animal semen, other than bovine semen
0511.99.90 Other
Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates Exit
2612.10.00 Uranium or thorium ores
Special poisonous chemical substances passing
Human blood, organs prepared for therapeutic,
prophylactic or diagnostic uses; cultures of micro-
organismspassing
3001.10.00 Glands and other organs, dried, whether or not powdered
3001.20.00 Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions
3002.10.00 Antisera and other blood fractions and modified
immunological products whether or  not obtained by means ofbiotechnological processes
3002.20.00 Vaccines for human medicine
3002.30.00 Vaccines for veterinary medicine
3002.90.00 Other
Explosives passing
3601.00.00 Propellant powders
3602.00.00 Prepared explosives, other than propellant powders
3603.00.00 Safety fuses; detonating fuses; percussion or detonating caps;
igniters; electric detonators
36.04 Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other
pyrotechnic articles
Gun, weapon passing
93.01 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and arms of
heading No. 93.07
93.02 Revolvers and pistols other than those of heading No. 93.03 or
93.04G/LIC/N/3/MNG/1
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HS CODE Description of goods
93.03 Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing
of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and
rifles, muzzle-loading firearms. Very pistols and other devices
designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for
firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns)
93.04 Other arms
93.05 Parts and accessories of articles of headings No. 93.01 to 93.04
93.06 Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar
munitions of war and parts thereof;  cartridges and other
ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shotand cartridge wads
XXI Cultural and historical values Exit
9705.00.00 Collection and collectors, pieces of zoological, botanical,
mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological,palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest
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