Importation of goods into
Indonesia must be declared to the customs authority using an Import declaration form (PIB = persetujuan import barang). To be able to fulfill customs obligations,
the importer must be registered to the Indonesia trade department to obtain a customs
identification number (NIK).
Any goods coming from
overseas into the Indonesian customs
territory are treated as import and
are generally subject to customs
duty. All importation of goods into Indonesia should verified first before
release into importer. Verification of documentation and physical inspection of
goods is needed to ensure that all is as per Indonesia import procedure.
Import taxes and customs
duty should be settled first before the goods are released from the customs area
at port
of discharges. If the deadline is not met, the customs duty payable is
subject to an administrative penalty of 10% from the customs duty payable or
base on current tariff.
Customs will not and
never release the goods to importer if all the Indonesia import procedure has
not complete yet.
