Hi Chris, very strange, I don't know why it works for me, Anyway, I will copy/past it here. Thanks for following us! I guess I don't have time to write a report, too much work. I have a lot of videos and will try to make a small movie... But time is my biggest enemy...

Cheers:


Dear all, here is my experience with the company Pan Europa that offers shipping from Tamm (Germany) to Ulan Bator (Mongolia).

Before the shipping:

Since 2013, I had a lot of email exchange with Mister König and always got quick replies.

There are different ways of shipping your bike. Usually you ship you bike with an ATA Carnet when you plan to ship your bike back home. This is the easiest solution. The custom work in Mongolia is done in 2-3 hours and it's cheap.

If you plan to sell you bike in Mongolia, or to leave it there for a longer period you need to pay the import tax. There are 2 different ways to import a vehicle:

- The temporary import of 1 year (tax is about 15.5%)
- The definitive import if the bike will stay in Mongolia (tax is about 25%)

Pan Europa usually only deal with people using ATA Carnet, as it seems the first choice in Germany for shipping the bike. So about the import, they couldn't really inform me on how it will be done once I get there.

Being a Swiss citizen, I can't send my motorbike with an ATA Carnet. In our country, the ATA Carnet can only be used for vehicles without number plate (race cars and motorbikes for example). So for me the only option was the temporary import.

Initially I planned to send a lot of stuff in the box with my bike, but Pan Europa advise me to send as little as possible. Every single part must be listed and if you remove the front wheel and the mirrors, they need to be on separate position in the list. For each position in the list there is a fee to pay. Needless to say, if you need to list every part or your tool box, it's gonna be much cheaper to take it in the plane. I heard as well from another custom that arrived in Mongolia one week before me, that there is an special import tax if you send oil with your bike. So better but it there, and it will be cheaper there.

I build the box to send my bike myself, because Pan Europa already rented all their motorcycle transport boxes. The transport costs from Tamm in Germany to Ulan Bator in Mongolia was 903 euro which I think is quite cheap for such a long distance.

As soon as the transport was in Russia, I received a daily update per email on where my bike was and how many days left until Ulan Bator. The transport arrived on time. I don't remember exactly but I think it took less than 30 days.


Finding Monex / Dealing with the paperworks in Mongolia:


Once I landed in Ulan Bator, the biggest difficulty was to find the Monex Office. There is no address and nobody knows where it is. I got help from Urnaa, one of the person working at the Intergam Oasis Guesthouse. She offen deals with bikers sending their motorcycle back home, she can arrange wodden crates for shipping, but in my case she was no sure. She never had this case so fare, somebody shipping the bike in Mongolia, going to Russia and not coming back with the bike.

There is actually 2 Monex Offices in 2 different places. They open at 9am. I hade phone contact with Gonnie who organized the paperworks for 2 bikers 1 week before. The German guy sent his bike with an ATA Carnet and it took less than an hour, and the Swiss guy, like me sent it without the ATA Carnet. It took him 3 days and he had to pay the import tax.

Gonnie told me to go to the port. It took us 1.5 hour to find the place. I saved the GPS coordinates, so make sure to put them in your GPS before your trip.
They made copies of my passport and motorcycle papers and told me to leave and wait for their call.

The next Morning around 11am I got a call from Gonnie, that the paperworks were ready and I could get my bike. Because I was exiting Mongolia the next few days and not coming back, he issued a special paper saying that I don't need to pay the import tax. I only had to pay 60 dollars fees for the paperwork.

I showed up again at the Monex Cargo and the opened the crate for me, gave me the papers, I paid the 60 dollars and it was over. It took me 2 days to get my bike. 2 Days later I was in Russia. Nobody asked me anything at the border, didn't even had to show the papers I got from Monex.

Advices:

If you plan to ship your Motorcycle to Mongolia, you need to count 2 or 3 days to get your bike through customs. So try not to arrive later than wednesday it possible, in order to avoid having to wait the whole weekend if for any reason it takes longer than 2 days.

Monex in Ulan Bator:

GPS coordinates of Monex Cargo: N 47°54.486' E 106°52.798'
Put these coordinates in your GPS as nobody knows where it is. This is the only place you need to go, first to give your papers and then to get your bike.

Gonnie (Gonnie is in another office, but he speaks english and will tell you what to do. You don't need to go to his office)
phone: +976 99 11 01 95
email: gonnie@monex.mn
website: www.monex.mn

Oasis Guesthouse:
OASIS CAFE & GUESTHOUSE - Home
Urnaa

Sorted - what happened is he made the post to the Shipping section, then later edited it - and when a post is edited or created there it needs to be approved, and I hadn't got to it yet.

It should be fine now.