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3.44. (...) A 2019 government resolution provides VAT exemption for certain forestry, logging, and gardening activities until 31 December 2022. More specifically, the exemption applies to tree planting and forestry, logging, non-timber forest resources, forestry support activities, land protection and garden maintenance services, and planting of trees and shrubs. (...)

Table 3.11 VAT exemptions, 2020
Products: Imported air purifiers and energy efficient heating equipment
Date: 20 January 2018
Reference: (...)

3.49. (...) many import (and also export) prohibitions and restrictions emanate from international treaties to which Mongolia is a party, such as the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste, (...) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, (...) the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, (...) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the Minamata Convention on Mercury (...).

3.51. In August of 2015, Parliament approved amendments to the Law on Firearms. The main objective of its Article 16 is to regulate the issuance of import licences and public sale permits of firearms and ammunitions. As a result, the following changes were made to the import licensing procedure: (...) • such selection shall be conducted by a commission that consists of representatives of central administrative bodies in charge of justice, sports, nature and the environment. (...).

Table 3.13 List of prohibited goods, 2020
Good: Prohibited and unlicensed ozone-depleting substances
Legal reference: Government Resolution No. 95 of 2007 on the Law on Air
(...)
Good: Toxic and hazardous chemicals prohibited or unlicensed in Mongolia
Legal reference: Government Resolution No. 95 of 2007 on Articles 5.1, 6.4, and 15.4 of the Law on Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals
(...)
Good: Equipment for the production of foam with HCFC-22 and HCFC-141b, which are harmful to the ozone layer and contribute to global warming
Legal reference: Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; Government Resolution No. 378 of 2014

Table 3.13 List of prohibited goods, 2020
Good: Hazardous waste for use, storage, temporary disposal, and disposal
Legal reference: Article 17.1 of the Law on Waste
(...)
Good: Waste ferrous and non-ferrous metals (cast iron, steel, copper, brass, aluminium and their alloys), cast and other primary ferrous and non-ferrous metals, spare parts and products made of ferrous and non-ferrous metals not used for their intended purpose, except for beer cans
Legal reference: Parliament Resolution No. 05 of 1998

Table 3.13 List of prohibited goods, 2020
Good: The animals and plants listed in Annex 1 to the CITES, for purposes other than research
Legal reference: CITES
(...)
Good: Very rare and endangered plants and their derivatives, except for research purposes or as a final product
Legal reference: Articles 17.4 and 17.5 of the Law on Natural Plants

Table 3.15 Restricted goods subject to import licensing, 2020
Good: Very rare living animals
Legal reference: Article 36.1 of the Law on Fauna
Licensing agency: Ministry of Environment and Tourism
(...)
Good: Very rare and endangered plants and their derivatives, for research purposes or as a final product
Legal reference: Articles 17.4 and 17.5 of the Law on Natural Plants
Licensing agency: Ministry of Environment and Tourism
(...)
Good: Endangered species of wildlife and flora
Legal reference: CITES, Annex 2
Licensing agency: Ministry of Environment and Tourism

Table 3.15 Restricted goods subject to import licensing, 2020
Good: Ozone-depleting substances
Legal reference: Law on Air; Law on Licensing of Business Activities; Government Resolution No. 95 of 2007
Licensing agency: National Ozone Service
(...)
Good: Substances used to protect plants
Legal reference: Law on Business; Licensing Law on Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals
Licensing agency: MOFALI and Ministry of Environment and Tourism
(...)
Good: Toxic and hazardous chemicals [a]
Legal reference: Law on Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals; Law on Licensing of Business Activities; Government Resolution No. 95 of 2007
Licensing agency: Ministry of Environment and Tourism

[a] Also required for transit

3.62. (...) Soum and district authorities' forest units issue certificates of origin for wood and timber pursuant to a 2013 regulation that controls the issuance and use of logging licences and certificates of origin under the provisions of Article 34 of the Forest Law.