Hi guys. Right now I'm feverishly planning a solo trip from where I live in Xinjiang China all the way through western Mongolia to Khovsgol lake in time for the Naadam Festival. I have a couple questions: 1. How much will it cost for motorcycle import duty? I drive a used 2006 Honda cruiser with 60K km on the odometer. This is a one way trip and I'm planning to sell the bike in Ulaan Baatar when I leave in August. I've heard that import duties are very steep for cars, so I want to have an idea before I get to the border. 2. What documents will I need for my bike to enter the country? Currently I have the following, are any missing? - Chinese bike insurance - Chinese driver's license - International driver's license - Chinese Vehicle registration/inspection info And if anyone has further suggestions on Mongolia please let me know, or point me to threads that can. Thanks! :)
Hi As suggested on my RR that you posted on, try browsing/searching/asking on http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/northern-asia/ There's much more traffic than here. The answer to your questions: 23%, although they'll let you in on a Temporary Import Permit for 0 money. To get the bike in, you'll need bike reg docs and your passport (both in your name?), although they don't write the bike into your passport. There may be a picture of a car on the stamp, but that's to say you arrived in/on a vehicle, rather than an aeroplane. You could just as easily have been on a bus/ hitchhiking in a truck.
If you have your blue book and Chinese DL you should be good. Bring your international license but I believe the Chinese license is good in Mongolia.. It has been a couple years. Do not forget a handful of cash incase you have an accident. Check out mychinamoto.com and you should get more detailed answers. I am doing Beijing to Dali Yunnan this October holiday....
I'm shipping my bike to UB from the states by sea and land this August , I can still do a temporary import for free if I'm driving it out of the country within a month right? Are there any locals you could recommend to help me with the process for a reasonable fee or is it easy enough on my own? Thanks!
You don't need to pay import tax on bringing your own bike into Monoglia to use temp basis, if you ship the bike here then you need to leave a "bond" with customs, but you'll get it back on leaving, if you set up a "carnet" then you can leave the money in your own bank and bring the paperwork, but if you ride in from Russia / China then you normally don't have to pay anything.... We can help you with paperwork etc on temp imports etc.
