MONGOLIA
Since May 2021, last amended in January 2024
Pillar Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) |
Indicator Copyright law with clear exceptions
Law of Mongolia on Copyrights (МОНГОЛ УЛСЫН ХУУЛЬ ЗОХИОГЧИЙН ЭРХИЙН ТУХАЙ)
The Law on Copyright establishes a clear fair use regime. Art. 38 outlines specific circumstances under which the use of copyrighted works—without interfering with their normal exploitation and without prejudicing the rights and legitimate interests of right holders—shall not be considered copyright infringement. Arts. 39 to 46 further detail the conditions under which partial use of works is permitted, including for purposes such as news reporting, academic research, and teaching.
Coverage Horizontal
MONGOLIA
Reported in 2022, last reported in 2025
Pillar Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) |
Indicator Enforcement of copyright online
Reported prevalence of software piracy
Reports indicate that the widespread use of pirated software is prevalent among Mongolian government ministries, individual consumers, and businesses.
Coverage Horizontal
MONGOLIA
Since October 2002
Pillar Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) |
Indicator Adoption of the WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Copyright Treaty
Mongolia has adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty. The treaty was signed on 20 December 1996, ratified on 25 July 2002 and came into effect on 25 October 2002.
Coverage Horizontal
MONGOLIA
ITA signatory?
I
II
Pillar Tariffs and trade defence measures applied on ICT goods |
Indicator Effective tariff rate on ICT goods (applied weighted average)
Effective tariff rate to ICT goods (applied weighted average)
4.26%
Coverage rate of zero-tariffs on ICT goods (%)
9.41%
Coverage: ICT goods
MYANMAR
N/A
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
Lack of adoption of UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
Myanmar has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.
Coverage Horizontal
MYANMAR
N/A
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures
Lack of adoption of UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures
Myanmar has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.
Coverage Horizontal
MYANMAR
Since 2014
Pillar Technical standards applied to ICT goods and online services |
Indicator Self-certification for product safety
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 28/2014 on Law on standardisation (မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ စံချိန်စံညွှန်း ဥပဒေ ၂၈/၂၀၁၄)
The Law on Standardisation Art. 9 allows foreign departments or organisations to issue a certificate of standard certification and quality recommendation by applying to the department assigned to perform in the matter of standardisation by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Coverage Horizontal
MYANMAR
Since June 2024
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator Restrictions on online payments
Letter No. Ma Ba Bha-1/107 (939/2024) of the Central Bank of Myanmar
Section 3 of Letter No. Ma Ba Bha-1/107 (939/2024), issued by the Central Bank of Myanmar, stipulates the transaction limits applicable to government and private payments conducted through digital payment systems for retail transactions, namely that person-to-person (P2P) payments are subject to a maximum of MMK 1,000,000 (approx. USD 476) per transaction and an aggregate daily limit of MMK 5,000,000 (approx. USD 2,381); person-to-merchant (P2M) payments, including those involving gold shops, electronics retailers, construction material suppliers, and healthcare centres, are subject to a maximum permissible amount of MMK 10,000,000 (approx. USD 4,762) per day; and the maximum balance permitted in a mobile money account is MMK 10,000,000 (approx. USD 4,762), with any excess required to be transferred to a linked bank account on a daily basis.
Coverage Digital payments
Sources
MYANMAR
Since January 2016
Since December 2017, entry into force in August 2018
Since December 2017, entry into force in August 2018
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator Restrictions on online payments
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 20/2016 on Financial Institutions Law
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29/2017 on Myanmar Companies Act
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29/2017 on Myanmar Companies Act
According to Art. 26 of the Financial Institutions Law, only local banks are allowed to take part in banking and financial services, including online banking and financial services.
Coverage Financial sector
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220307234626/https://www.dica.gov.mm/sites/dica.gov.mm/files/document-files/final_mcl_english_version_6_dec_president_signed_version_cl.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20231130071427/https://www.aseantoday.com/2017/12/myanmar-government-relaxes-foreign-investment-restrictions/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220121202004/https://cbm.gov.mm/sites/default/files/regulate_launder/financial_institutions_law_updated_by_cbm_20160303website-1_0.pdf
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MYANMAR
Reported in 2022, last reported in 2025
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator Restrictions on online payments
Reported foreign exchange restrictions
It is reported that the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) imposes foreign exchange restrictions that limit private sector access to foreign currency, thereby constraining commercial activity. In practice, the transfer of funds into or out of Myanmar is subject to severe restrictions arising from the capital outflow controls and foreign currency conversion regulations enforced by the CBM and the Foreign Exchange Supervisory Committee (FESC).
Coverage Horizontal
MYANMAR
Reported in 2023, last reported in 2026
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator Threshold for ‘De Minimis’ rule
Low de minimis threshold
It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 87, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Coverage Horizontal
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260427181741/https://global-express.org/index.php?id=271&act=101&profile_id=-1&countries%5B%5D=-2&search_terms=&question-filter=&qid_34=1&qid_34_optid=1&qid_35=1&qid_36=1...
- https://web.archive.org/web/20231220024306/https://global-express.org/index.php?id=271&act=101&profile_id=-1&countries%5B%5D=-2&search_terms=&question-filter=&qid_34=1&qid_34_optid=1&qid_35=1&qid_36=1...
MYANMAR
Last reported in 2026
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator Restrictions on domain names
Reported restriction on domain registration
It is reported that certain requirements apply to the registration of a ".mm" domain. However, the information currently available online relates to the second-level domains ".com.mm", ".net.mm", ".org.mm", and ".biz.mm". To register a domain under these extensions, the registrant is required to have a company or subsidiary incorporated in Myanmar.
Coverage Horizontal
MYANMAR
Since March 2019, entry into force in March 2019
Since April 2004, last amended in February 2021
Since April 2004, last amended in February 2021
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator Framework for consumer protection applicable to online commerce
Consumer Protection Law (Law No. 9/2019) (စာားသ ားသူကာကွယ်ရ ားဥပရေ)
Law on Electronic Transactions (Law No. 5/2004) (အီလက်ထရောနစ် ဆက်သွယ်ဆောင်ရွက်ရေးဥပဒေ (နိုင်ငံတော်အေးချမ်းသာယာရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးကောင်စီ ဥပဒေအမှတ် ၅/ ၂၀၀၄))
Law on Electronic Transactions (Law No. 5/2004) (အီလက်ထရောနစ် ဆက်သွယ်ဆောင်ရွက်ရေးဥပဒေ (နိုင်ငံတော်အေးချမ်းသာယာရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးကောင်စီ ဥပဒေအမှတ် ၅/ ၂၀၀၄))
The Consumer Protection Law, the Law on Electronic Transactions, and related legislative instruments establish a comprehensive framework for consumer protection, which extends to transactions conducted online.
Coverage Horizontal
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250131010240/https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/mya214098.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210312110132/https://www.doca.gov.mm/sites/default/files/Consumer%20Protection%20Law.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260518214123/https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/pdf/electronic-transactions-law_consolidated_2014-and-2021_en.pdf
- https://unctad.org/topic/ecommerce-and-digital-economy/ecommerce-law-reform/summary-adoption-e-commerce-legislation-worldwide
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260518213627/https://www.vdb-loi.com/mm_publications/consumer-protection-in-digital-services-e-commerce-and-digital-payment-systems-in-myanmar/
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MYANMAR
N/A
Pillar Online sales and transactions |
Indicator Ratification of the UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts
Lack of signature of the UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts
Myanmar has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.
Coverage Horizontal
