General Information on Indonesian Customs

Indonesian Customs Law (ICL)
Indonesian Customs is governed under Law Number 17 of 2006 as the amendment of Law Number 10 of 1995 on Customs. The amended of it has been in effect since 15 November 2006.

Indonesian Customs Territory
The Indonesian Customs Territory is defined as the entire territory of Indonesia, covering the land and waters and the air space over them and specified localities in the exclusive economic zone (ZEE) and the continental shelf in which the ICL applies in full.
The Indonesian ZEE is the outer strip bordering the Indonesian territorial sea as determined by the law applicable to the Indonesian waters, covering the seabed, the subsoil thereof, and the water above it with an outermost limit of two hundred (200) nautical miles, measured from the baseline of the Indonesian territorial sea.

Customs Area
A Customs Area is an area with certain borders at a harbor, airport, or other place designated for flow of goods, which is fully under the monitoring of the Indonesian Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DGCE).