G/TFA/W/32  
 
9 February 2021  
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
 
INFORMATION ON ARTICLES 5.1, 5.3, 7.2, 9 AND 10.5  
OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM MONGOLIA  
The following communication, dated 8 February  2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mongolia . 
 
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1. Article 5.1 - Notification for Enhanced Controls or Inspections  
 
• In accordance with the national legislation, notifications for enhanced controls and inspections 
of cross-border trade are distributed to traders by the decision of the relevant authorities.  
• Currently, notifications for enhanced controls or inspections are being issued in paper form.  
 
2. Article 5.3 - Test Procedures  
 
• A legal provision on "Additional and Re -examination " was included in Article 254 of the Customs 
Law of Mongolia and 'the Regulations on Laboratory Analysis and Test Results ' approved by the 
Customs General Administration Director General Directive No.683 of 2008 . 
• Re-examination (second testing) may be conducted by the commission appointed by the head 
of Central Customs Laboratory or by other accredited laboratories within the  framework of the 
above legislation. In order to make the names and addresses of other accredited laboratories 
publicly available, information is posted on the "Customs control - Central Customs Laboratory " 
section of the website www.ecustoms.gov.mn . 
• However, if the foreign trader does not accept the customs laboratory test in accordance with 
the agreement, it is possible to request for re -examination, compare the results of the re -
examination with the results of t he first test and accept the test results if appropriate.  
• To date, there are no cases in which the results of laboratory tests conducted by the Customs 
are not accepted and no requests for re -examination have been received. This is due to the 
Government of  Mongolia's "Customs Laboratory Reform " which increased the supply of modern 
equipment and simplified operations.  
 
3. Article 7.2 - Electronic Payment  
 
• ePayment  system, which makes it able to pay Customs duties and taxes as well as fees and 
charges electronic ally, has been introduced into Customs operations since 2015 with USAID 
Funding . 
• As of today, E -Payment system has been connected to 8 commercial banks, enabling them to 
pay customs and other taxes and fees electronically, and reducing the time and cost of customs 
clearance procedure.  
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  4. Article 9 - Movement of Goods Intended for Import under Customs Control  
 
• Goods intended for import are moved under Customs control according to the Customs Law1 
and the Regulations on Internal (Domestic) Transit Clearance Procedures adopted by Annex 2 
of the CGA Director General 's Directive No 679 of 2008 . 
• According  to the provision 271.1.16 of the Customs Law, the carriers should have status of 
Customs Authorize d Carrier in order to move goods in Transit under Customs control between 
the Customs Offices located throughout the territory of Mongolia . 
• Goods in domestic transit and means of transport are monitored by using GPS .The authorized  
carriers carrying goods i n transit between border customs house to inland customs house under 
Customs control.  
• About 51% of import customs clearance is carried out domestically or through border customs 
through an accredited carrier for inland customs control.  
• The exchange of ship ment information sent by the border customs house to the inland customs 
control is done  electronically (based on the freight manifest), which reduced the time and cost 
of customs clearance.  
 
5. Article 10.5 - Pre-shipment Inspection  
 
• To date, there are no pr ovisions in national legislation for customs administrations to conduct 
pre-shipment inspections by the authorized organizations of the Sending Country for the 
purpose of tariff classification and customs valuation purposes. Therefore, this provision of th is 
agreement is being fully implemented.  
 
(Currently,  Customs does not allow pre -shipment inspection for the purposes of tariff 
classification and customs valuation. ) 
 
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1 Articles 188 to 193 of the Customs Law of Mongolia deal with procedures concerning internal 
(domestic) transit or inward transit of goods .