CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES
The Legal Basis is Regulation of the Minister of Finance Number: 203/PMK.04/2017 regarding: Provisions of Exports and Imports of Goods Carried by Passengers and Crew of Means of Transportation.
Definitions:
Passenger shall be any person crossing the borders of the territory of a country by using a means of transportation but not constituting a crew of means of transportation not constituting a border crosser.
Crew of Means of Transportation shall be any person due to his/her work must be in a means of transportation and must come together with the means of transportation.
Goods that arrive prior to or following the arrival of a Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation
Imported goods carried by a Passenger or imported goods carried by a Crew of Means of Transportation that arrive prior to or following the arrival of the Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation shall be treated as goods that arrive together with the Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation insofar as the ownership thereof can be proved by presenting the passport and boarding pass of the relevant person as well as insofar as meeting the following requirements:
1. By no later than 30 thirty days prior to the arrival of passenger and/or 60 sixty days following the arrival of passenger for passengers using sea transportation facilities or
2. By no later than 30 thirty days prior to the arrival of passenger and/or 15 fifteen days following the arrival of passenger for passengers using air transportation facilities.
Imported goods carried by a Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation shall be obligated to declare to the Customs and Excise Official at the Customs Office which can be conducted verbally or in writing. Written declaration shall be conveyed by using Customs Declaration or Import Declaration for Special Goods.
2. CARRYING OF CURRENCY
Obligation to declare the amount of money to the Customs Officer for individuals when they bring in or bring out Rupiah currency amounting to IDR100,000,000 one hundred million Rupiah or more or other foreign currencies worth the same.
3. IMPORT DUTY AND EXCISE EXEMPTION
Any personal goods of a Passenger having a maximum customs value of FOB US500.00 per person for any arrival shall be exempted from import duty. In the event that the value of personal goods of Passenger exceeds the limit of customs value as intended above US500,00, the excess shall be subject to import duty and tax for import purposes.
Personal goods of Passenger constituting dutiable goods shall be exempted from excise for any adult with a maximum amount of:
a. 200 two hundred sticks of cigarette, 25 twenty five sticks of cigar, or 100 a hundred grams of sliced tobacco/other tobacco products and/or
b. 1 one litre of beverage containing ethyl alcohol. As for personal goods of Crew of Means of Transportation with a maximum customs value of FOB US50,00 fifty per person for any arrival shall be exempted from import duty.
Any excess of this limit shall be subject to import duty and tax for import purposes.
Personal goods of Crew of Means of Transportation constituting dutiable goods shall be exempted from excise with a maximum amount of:
a. 40 forty sticks of cigarette, 10 ten sticks of cigar, or 40 forty grams of sliced tobacco/other tobacco products and/or
b. 350 three hundred and fifty millilitres of beverage containing ethyl alcohol.
In the event that the goods exempted from excise exceeds the amount as intended above, such excess of amount shall be directly destroyed by the Customs and Excise Official witnessed by or without being witnessed by the relevant Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation.
4. PERSONAL EFFECTS THAT COME NOT TOGETHER WITH THE PASSENGER OR CREW OF MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
Provisions and procedures for customs clearance of personal effects of Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation not coming together shall be as follows:
a. Personal effects of Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation not arriving together shall constitute goods that have exceeded a period of 30 thirty days prior to the arrival of the Passenger or have exceeded a period of 60 sixty days following the arrival of Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation using sea transportation facilities and that have exceeded a period of 30 thirty days prior to the arrival of Passenger or have exceeded 15 fifteen days following the arrival of Passengers or Crew of Means of Transportation using air transportation facilities and registered as Lost and Found goods.
b. Personal effects of passenger that has arrived prior to and/or following the arrival of passenger may be settled by the Passenger or his/her proxy by using:
1) Import Declaration for Special Goods for Personal Effects of Passenger or Personal Effects of Crew of Means of Transportation as registered in the manifest
2) Customs Declaration used at the time of arrival of the relevant passenger or crew of means of transportation for personal effects of passenger or personal effects of crew of means of transportation as registered as lost and found goods.
c. Personal effects of passenger not arriving together with the passenger shall not obtain import duty exemption facility and shall be subject to tax for import purposes.
d. Personal effects of passenger not arriving together with the passenger constituting dutiable goods shall be subject to excise for any adult in a maximum amount of:
1) 200 two hundred sticks of cigarette, 25 twenty five sticks of cigar, or 100 a hundred grams of sliced tobacco/other tobacco products and/or
2) 1 one litre of beverage containing ethyl alcohol
Any excess of the limit of amount of the dutiable goods will be directly destroyed witnessed by or without being witnessed by the relevant passenger.
5. BODY SEARCH AND RELEASE
A Passenger or Crew of Means of Transportation may be served without undergoing a body search green channel, but he/she may also be subject to body search Red Channel in the event that he/she carries imported goods in the form of:
- Imported goods with customs value exceeding the limit of import duty and excise exemption
- Animals, fish and/or plants, including animal , fish, and/or plant derived products
- Narcotics, dangerous substances, psychotropics, precursor, medicines, firearms, air rifles, sharp weapons, ammunition, explosives, pornographic objects/publications
- Cash and/or other instruments of payment with a minimum value of IDR100,000,000.00 one hundred million Rupiah or with foreign currency worth the same and/or
- Imported goods other than personal effects used for personal uses including the remaining provisioning non personal use.
SECURITY
Tips for the convenience and security of your travel:
1. Complying with the applicable regulations in accordance with the provisions of the policy of airlines, airport operators, and the law of the state of the Republic of Indonesia
2. Not carrying weapons, dangerous equipment or substances that may be used to illegally commit a tort/unlawful act
3. Not providing false information that endangers the safety of inflight aircraft or aircraft on the ground, passengers, aircraft crew, or the general public at airports or other flight facility places.