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BYD Atto 2 (Yuan Up) to Mongolia: what it costs landed
Today’s quote: from $14,476 FOB China port (new car, quoted 10-06). Below: every step from there to a registered car in Mongolia, computed by our rules engine — sources and verification dates included.
Quoted configuration · 2026-10-06 · Smart Drive · Battery electric
Cheaper per car when several ship together — quoted per order
| Ex-works price | $14,178 |
| + Export handling (arranged by LandedCar) | $298 |
| = FOB | $14,476 |
| + Freight & insurance (insurance 0.5%) | $2,736 |
| CIF · per car | $17,212 |
| + Import duty 5% (BEV) | $861 |
| + VAT 10% (BEV) | $1,807 |
| + Excise as a fixed amount by engine size and age (BEV up to 3 years MNT 375,000 ≈ USD 104; petrol up to 1,500 cc up to 3 years MNT 750,000 ≈ USD 209; 7–9 years BEV MNT 1,675,000 ≈ USD 466 / petrol MNT 3,350,000 ≈ USD 932) (estimate) | $105 |
| + Border transshipment + customs broker (Erenhot / Zamyn-Uud) (estimate) | $400 |
| + Pre-export inspection + registration formalities (estimate) | $200 |
| = Destination taxes and registration fees subtotal | $3,373 |
| + Service fee (LandedCar) | $350 |
| DDP delivered duty paid · per car | $20,935 |
Recalculate with your own price → Live quote of 10-06 — prices move; confirm before ordering
Can this car get in?
- • Age limit 10 years
- • Who can import: Individuals and companies may import and register in the owner's jurisdiction; foreign nationals need a Mongolian residence permit
- • New Ulaanbaatar plates require manufacture within the last 10 years, Euro 4 or equivalent, and a pre-export inspection (from 1 June 2025), with LHD given priority; there is no nationwide age ban, maxAge 10 is the capital's registration condition
- • Duty 5% (Mongolia's WITS submission: every 8703 and 8703.80 line at 5%); BEV / hybrid excise is 50% of the table (Government Resolution 164/2017); from 10 August 2026 a further 33% excise applies to customs value above MNT 360 million; a 2027 budget-package draft would exempt BEVs up to 3 years old from duty, not yet passed
Rules and sources
- Excise Tax Law (legalinfo 434) Art. 6.3: passenger-car excise as fixed MNT amounts by cc and age, up to 1,500 cc 0–3 years 750,000, 4–6 years 1,600,000, 7–9 years 3,350,000, 10+ years 10,000,000; the 2026 amendment adds 33% on customs value above MNT 360 million ↗ official 2026-10-11
- Government Resolution 164/2017 (legalinfo 12719): hybrid, LPG and electric cars pay 50% of the Art. 6.3 amounts; the earlier temporary zero rate ended in July 2017 ↗ official 2026-10-11
- e-Mongolia / Customs: the 33% excise on customs value above MNT 360 million for imported cars applies from 10 August 2026 ↗ official 2026-10-11
- Invest Mongolia (government agency): customs duty 5%–20% depending on the goods; import VAT 10% on customs value + duty + excise etc. ↗ official 2026-10-11
- Customs Tariff Law schedule (legalinfo 207783) Chapter 87: a single line with a statutory ceiling of 20%; applied MFN rates are set by the State Great Khural (Tariff Law Art. 4.3) ↗ official 2026-10-11
- Mongolian Chamber of Commerce trade policy page: most imported goods attract a 5% ad valorem duty ↗ verified 2026-10-11
- KOTRA Mongolia car-import report (2024): duty 5%, VAT 10%, with the customs BEV excise age table MNT 375,000 / 800,000 / 1,675,000 / 5,000,000 ↗ verified 2026-10-11
- PwC Mongolia tax summary (reviewed June 2026): customs duty 5%–40% by goods, VAT 10%, passenger-car excise MNT 750,000–65,975,000 ↗ verified 2026-10-11
- Ulaanbaatar new-plate rule (legalinfo 17142129367341): manufactured within 10 years, Euro 4 or equivalent, pre-export inspection; LHD ranks ahead of RHD ↗ official 2026-10-11
- legalinfo 17142129007901: the age and pre-export inspection conditions took effect on 1 June 2025 ↗ official 2026-10-11
- World Bank WITS (Mongolia's submission to UNCTAD TRAINS): 2023 MFN rate 5% for every 8703 subheading, including all four 870380 BEV lines; 2022 identical ↗ official 2026-10-11
- Parliament law forum: 2027 budget package draft amending the Customs Tariff and Duty Law, proposing new Art. 38.1.27 exempting BEVs (passenger and goods) up to 3 years old from customs duty from 1 January 2027 to 1 January 2030 ↗ official 2026-10-11
- Bank of Mongolia official rate on 11 Oct 2026: USD 1 = MNT 3,595.56 ↗ official 2026-10-11
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