Customs and Excise entrusted to check all imported goods<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A new finance minister decree on customs
\nclearance of imports empowers the Directorate General of Customs
\nand Excise to inspect all imported goods at customs or designated
\ntemporary storage areas.<\/p>\n
But decree No. 25\/KMK.05\/1997, dated Jan. 15, 1997, to be
\neffective April 1, does not specifically terminate the
\npreshipment inspections of imports, which have been in place
\nsince mid-1985.<\/p>\n
It only stipulates that all imported goods must be inspected
\nby customs officials and approved by an authorized customs
\nofficial before being cleared from customs areas.<\/p>\n
Inspections will cover both document checks and physical
\ninspections, which shall be selective to ensure smooth cargo
\nflows.<\/p>\n
Customs is now only allowed to inspect sea cargo imports worth
\nup to US$5,000 and air cargo imports. Inspections of sea cargo
\nimports worth more than $5,000 is carried out at points of
\nloading by the appointed surveyor, state-owned PT Surveyor
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
To smooth document flows and reduce personal contact, the
\nruling stipulates that importers shall submit import documents to
\nlocal customs offices electronically provided that customs
\noffices have been equipped with electronic data interchange
\nfacilities.<\/p>\n
Importers are allowed to make their own assessments of import
\nduties and taxes due based on the transaction value of their
\nimports.<\/p>\n
Goods can be released only after importers have submitted
\nimport declarations and paid all import duties and taxes.<\/p>\n
If imported goods must be released quickly for good reason,
\nimporters may ask the head of a customs office to postpone their
\ntax and duty payments after providing a guarantee.<\/p>\n
Importers are required to settle credited duties and taxes
\nwithin 60 days of submitting their import declarations.<\/p>\n
Importers may submit import declarations before the arrival of
\ntheir goods.<\/p>\n
Carriers' duties<\/p>\n
Shipping lines and cargo airlines are required to notify local
\ncustoms offices of the planned arrival of their goods.<\/p>\n
These reports must contain the name of the ship or carrier,
\nvoyage or flight number, port or airport of loading, destination
\nports or airports, planned date of arrival and the number of
\ncontainers or packages to be unloaded.<\/p>\n
But this pre-arrival notification requirement does not apply
\nto the planned arrival of imported goods carried over land.
\nReports for such imports are required upon their arrival.<\/p>\n
After goods arrive at their ports or airports of destination,
\nliners or carriers must report the arrival to customs within 24
\nhours, enclosing bills of lading, lists of passengers and crew
\nand lists of firearms and drugs carried on the flight or voyage.<\/p>\n
Incoming goods should be unloaded in a customs area. But they
\nmay also be unloaded outside customs areas with an approval from
\nthe head of a local customs office.<\/p>\n
After unloading goods, shipping lines and airlines are
\nrequired to report the number of containers or packages unloaded.<\/p>\n
Unloaded goods can be cleared directly from customs areas
\nafter being inspected by customs and after all duties and taxes
\nhave been paid.<\/p>\n
Goods with unsettled duties and taxes can be stacked in
\ndesignated temporary storage areas. With the consent of the head
\nof a local customs office, goods can be transported directly to
\nimporter's warehouses.<\/p>\n
The decree gives customs officials two years after the release
\nof imports to verify import declarations and make any corrections
\nunder the so-called post-entry audit system. (rid)<\/p>",
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