May I bring cigarette and alcoholic beverages into Indonesia

May I bring cigarette and alcoholic beverages into Indonesia?

Each person may bring cigarette and alcoholic beverages into Indonesia in a limited amount as follows : Maximum 200 pieces of cigarettes or 50 pieces of cigars  or  200 grams of sliced tobacco; and Maximum 1 liter alcoholic beverages and perfume in a proper  amount or that limited aforementioned amount you shall not pay Import Duty and Excise and other levies.

Shall I declare the amount of cash money that I bring into Indonesia

Shall I declare the amount of cash money that I bring into Indonesia?

The obligation to declare the amount of money to Indonesian Customs is only imposed when you bring in or out money IDR 100.000.000 or more, or other currencies equal to that amount

Shall I pay Import Duty for goods that I bring into Indonesia

Shall I pay Import Duty for goods that I bring into Indonesia?

Passengers goods is exempted from Import Duty and other import levies, if the amount less than FOB USD 250 for each person or less than FOB USD 1,000 for each family If the amount is more than aforementioned amount, the passenger shall pay Import Duty and other import levies for the difference. Foreign passengers goods such as camera, video camera, radio cassette, binocular, laptop, or cellular phone, that will be used during stay in Indonesia and will be brought back when leaving for Indonesia also get the exemption.

PASSENGER OR CREW OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT MAY CHOOSE THE CLEARANCE OF GOODS THROUGH:

A.   RED CHANNEL,  FOR PASSENGERS BRINGING:

·    Imported goods with customs value exceeding the limit for exemption of import duty and / or the excisable goods exceeding the provisions of excise exemption;

·   animal, fish, and plant including their derivative products;

·   narcotics, psychotropics, drugs, fire arms, air guns, sharp weapon, ammunition, explosive material, pornographic goods / publication;

·   cinematographic movie, recorded video tape, video laser disc or phonograph record;

·   bank notes, in Rupiah or other foreign currency with value of Rp. 100,000,000. 00 (one hundred million rupiah) or more.

B.  GREEN CHANNEL,  FOR PASSENGERS OR CREWS OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT NOT BRINGING ANY IMPORTED GOODS AS MENTIONED IN POINT A.* AFTER RECIEVING THE DECLARATION, CUSTOMS OFFICER SHALL :

·   Grant an approval to release the goods in case of the passenger passes through the green channel, or perform physical examination in case of the passenger passes through the red channel.

·   In case of suspicion, customs officer may perform examination toward goods of passenger or crew of means of transport going through green channel.

CLEARANCE PROCEDURES FOR GOODS OF PASSENGER AND CREW OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT

·  Goods which belong to a passenger and arrive with the passenger must be declared by using Customs Declaration (CD).

·  Customs Declaration must be filled in completely and correctly. Verbal Declaration may be performed at certain places* designated by Director General of Customs and Excise.

·  Passenger or crew of means of transport must proceed to red channel if bringing:

a.    Imported goods with customs value exceeding the limit and/or the provisions of excise exemption;

b.    Animal, fish, and plant including their derivative products;

c.    Narcotics, psychotropics,drugs, fire arms, air guns, sharp weapons, ammunition,explosive material, pornographic goods/publicatiion;

d.   Cinematographic movie, recorded video tape, video laser disc, or pornographic record;

e.    Bank notes, in rupiah or other currency with value of Rp. 100,000,000.00 (one hundred million rupiah) or more;

f.    Commercial goods.

·  Passenger or crew of means of transport must proceed to green channel if not bringing any imported goods as mentioned above.

EXEMPTION OF IMPORT DUTY AND IMPORT RELATED TAXES AND THE EXEMPTION OF EXCISE ARE GIVEN TO:

·  Passenger’s personal goods with customs value not exceeding FOB USD 250.00 for each person or FOB USD 1,000.00 for a family.

·  Excisable goods of adult passenger’s personal goods with maximum amount of 200 pieces of cigarettes, 25 pieces of cigars or 100 grams of minced tobacco and 1 liter of alcoholic beverages.

·  Goods of crew of means of transport with customs value not exceeding FOB USD 50.00 for each arrival.

·  Excisable goods of crew of means of transport with maximum amount of 40 pieces of cigarettes, 10 pieces of cigars or 40 grams of minced tobacco and 350 milliliters of alcoholic beverages.

PASSENGERS GOODS

Passenger’s personal goods are goods brought by every person who passes the border of a country by using means of transport, not including goods brought by crew of means of transport or border crossers.

DEFINITION

·   Passenger’s personal goods are goods brought by every person who passes the border of a country by using means of transport, not including goods brought by crew of means of transport or border crossers.

·   The ownership of passenger’s personal goods which arrive before or after the arrival of the passenger shall be proven by passenger’s passport and boarding pass.

·  Goods of crew of means of transport are goods which are brought by every person who,due to the nature of his job,must be inside the means of transport and arrive with the means of transport.

·  Customs Declaration (CD) is a declaration onthe goods brought by passenger or crew of means of transport.