2017

Presentation for EGM of UNESCAP on the topic

“Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of

International Railway Transport”

Railway port- 3

Railway border ports of Mongolia

Mongolia joined OSJD in 1956.

Ulaanbaatar

Naushki

Sukhbaatar

Zamiin-Uud

Ereen

Bayantumen

SolovievskEreentsav

Мongolia China

Russia

“UBTZ” JSC “MTZ” SOC “BTEG” LLC “RTRC” SBO1949 2008 2008 2012

Name of companies

Property form Length of railway line, km

The number of wagons and

coaches

The number of locomotives

The number of stations and

sidings

The number of employees

“UBTZ” JSC Mongolian-Russian joint stock company

1815 Freight wagons-2792

Passenger coaches-340

164 80 14798

“MTZ” SOC State owned company

- 302 9 - 119

“BTEG” LLC Private owned company

83,7 2997 15 5 260

Overall 1898,7 Freight wagons -6091

Passenger coaches- 340

188 85 15177

Railway related organization and companies

23%

77%

Goods transiting via rail

via Zamiin-Uud port to Sukhbaatar port

via Sukhbaatar port to Zamiin-Uud port

Transportation of exported goods

Airport

Land port

Railway port

9%

25%

62%

4%

Transportation of imported goods

Airport

Land port

Railway port

Others /Energy/power/

MOVEMENT OF INBOUND GOODS AND VEHICLES CROSSING THROUGH THE BORDER

Railway is the main means of transportation for goods transiting through Mongolia.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Jul‐17Export 1.82 1.78 2.56 2.95 4.64 5.97 6.58 6.07 6.19 5.64 7.10 4.34

Import 1.16 1.31 1.73 1.26 1.55 2.02 2.45 2.48 2.29 2.19 1.99 1.27

Domestic 7.35 7.51 8.02 7.66 8.30 8.57 9.89 10.73 10.57 9.23 8.54 4.90

Transit 4.47 3.47 2.34 2.30 2.31 1.89 1.53 1.76 2.07 2.09 2.36 1.68

4.47

3.47 2.34

2.30

2.31

1.89

1.53

1.76

2.07

2.09

2.36

1.68

7.35 7.51 8.02

7.66

8.30

8.57

9.89

10.73

10.57

9.23

8.54

4.90

1.16 1.31

1.73 1.26

1.55

2.02

2.45

2.48

2.29 2.19 1.99

1.27

1.82 1.78

2.56 2.95

4.64

5.97

6.58

6.07

6.19

5.64

7.10

4.34

VOLUME  OF  THE  GOODS  TRANSPORTED  VIA  RAILWAY,   MLN.TON

VOLUME OF TRANSPORTED GOODS THROUGH RAILWAY IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, MLN TON

Mongolian government policy on transport field

The “Millennium Development Goals-based Comprehensive National Development Strategy of Mongolia” stipulated that energy exports andregional transportation services shall bedeveloped at an entirely new level, which willconnect the two neighboring countries, andbecome a transportation “bridge” between Asiaand Europe.

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STATE POLICY ON RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION(Parliament Resolution No.32, June 24, 2010)

Phase I - appr. 1100 kmPhase II - appr. 900 kmPhase III - appr. 3600 km

Existing railways

• Law on the railway transport• Set of common rules for railway transport /16/• Railway transport related national technical

standards /141/:– MNS standards-45,– MNS EN-93 /based on European Standard/, – MNS GOST R-2 /based on Russian Standard/,– MNS TB-1 /based on Chinese Standard/.

RULES AND REGULATIONS ON MONGOLIAN RAILWAY TRANSPORT

Some point of Railway law of Mongolia related with international railway transportation

Article 2.2:– If the international agreement of the Mongolia in the

field of railway transport establishes other rules thanthose stipulated by the legislation of the Mongolia onrail transport, the rules of the international treaty areapplied.

Article 7.2:– International railway transport tariffs are established in

accordance with international agreement to whichMongolia is a party

• Agreement on International Railway FreightCommunications (SMGS);

• Agreement on International RailwayPassenger Communications (SMPS);

Legal instruments adopted by the joined states are the basis oflegal (contractual) relationships betweenpassengers/customers and railways and as well as betweenrailways, thus regulating the transport technology andrequirements for infrastructure.

International agreements followed by Mongolia

Bilateral agreement between Mongolian and Chinese Governments on transit transportation

- Agreement between the Governments ofMongolia and People’s Republic of China on theaccess to and from the sea and transittransportation through Chinese territory byMongolia

Bilateral agreement between Mongolian and Russian Governments on transit transportation

- Agreement between the Governments ofMongolia and Russian Federation on thecondition for the transit transportation of goods.Ps: Parties agreed on the text of draft on 30th of

August, 2017 in Moscow.

• Minutes of the meeting of the Mongolian‐Russian Border Railway Commission

• Minutes of the meeting of the Mongolian‐Chinese Border Railway Commission

• Minutes of the Meetings of Mongolian‐Russian‐Chinese railways

BORDER RAILWAYS JOINED‐UP COMMISSION’S MINUTES

• Rules on use of Passenger Coaches – PPW• Rules on use of Freight Wagons – PGW• International Passenger Tariff – MPT• Uniform Transit Tariff – ЕТТ

Documents, adopted by the railways regulate the nominalprice level (upper limit), the transportation technology , theeconomic relations between the railways and the commonsystem of description and coding of goods.

INTERNATIONAL RULES  AND TARIFFS FOLLOWED BY MONGOLIAN RAILWAY COMPANIES

Thanks to the agreement:cooperation on information, including electronic data

exchange and preliminary electronic information onfreight goods and vehicles moving across borders hasbeen improved;the control procedures at checkpoints and the customs

clearance time has been reduced by 3 hoursTravel time has been reduced through the Mongolian

territory due to decrease in standing on the border.

MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN Railways of Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, 

Belarus, Germany and Poland to deepen cooperation  on the organisation of container trains between 

China and Europe.

• Land-locked Mongoliawill become a transitcorridor linking Chinaand Russia. The aimis to strengthentransport, logisticsand trade in theregion.

Program of building an economic corridor between the Russia-Mongolia-China

Reference: http://nigscass.cssn.cn/xshy/201701/W020170303349361882465.pdf

“Mongolia-Russia-China” economic corridor:Railway transit corridors

Western Corridor Central 

Corridor

Eastern  Corridor

Northern    corridor