| Page updated January 15 2012 |
The Temporary Import of Yachts - Indonesian Customs Regulations
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Indonesia's Customs regulations concerning the temporary entry of foreign flagged yachts and other marine pleasure craft were changed when the Indonesian Customs and Maritime Tourism Regulations, PERATURAN PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA, NOMOR 79 TAHUN 2011, TENTANG KUNJUNGAN KAPAL WISATA (YACHT) ASING KE INDONESIA were signed into law by the Indonesian President on October 31 2011. |
The previous regulations that required a Monetary Bond to be paid at the time any foreign yacht entered Indonesia were cancelled and replaced with new and simpler regulations. |
These regulations came into effect on December 3 2011 now require that any visiting yacht must simply complete their PIB (Temporary Import Documentation) at the port of entry into Indonesia and to process your PIB documentation a letter of guarantee is needed from one of the following Approved Bodies in Indonesia; |
A. Government Officials of the Central Government of the level Echelon I or equivalent.
B. Government Officials of a Local Government Office of the level Echelon II or equivalent which act as an organizer of the a foreign visit tour boats (yachts) in their region.
C. Organizers of foreign tourist ship and yacht visits.
D. General agent. |
After your PIB has been processed a yacht is then clear to cruise any destination in Indonesia as listed on their CAIT and will be covered by this initial paperwork process. The PIB may be extendable, along with the CAIT every 3 months up to a total of 3 years unbroken but this process is not final. Also it is planned that there may be changes to the CAIT application process in the future. |
At your final port of call in Indonesia, the boat must be exported using PEB (Export Documentation) which has again been simplified into an easy piece of paperwork which can be processed by the ship’s local representative.
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To comply with these regulations any Organization such as Sail Indonesia planning to hold an event in Indonesia is for them to use an Approved Indonesian Body as mentioned above to arrange the PIB and PEB documentation. |
When any event is over the Approved Body that provided the first Letter of Guarantee must then arrange the PEB to show Indonesian Customs that all items mentioned in the initial letter of guarantee (in this case all participating yachts) have left the country. If the Approved Body cannot do this then that Approved Body becomes responsible for the payment of the Import Duty. As a result of this situation it is a condition of your entry into Sail Indonesia that you will advise us the name of the port and date that you and your yacht checked out from Indonesia. |
There will be a period of introduction as these new regulations are implemented across a vast maritime country until all local offices and authorities are informed of how to correctly apply the new regulations. |
The implementation of these new regulations is still becoming clear, we have received information (dated December 3 2011) and understand that any individual yachts will need a local agent to arrange their temporary import. Also at some ports there is a now a requirement that the boat captain or agent must submit an RKSP, Rencana Kedatangan Sarana Pengangkut (Notice of Arrival) at least 24 hours before the boat arrives otherwise there will be penalty on arrival of 5,000,000 Rupiah, equivalent to $550 USD. |
This information on this page is according to the the Government Regulations and is the best we have at any time and as explained above it may not be followed by all Customs Officials in all ports.
This page is updated with the latest information as we become aware of it.There may sometimes be local variations and implementation of these regulations in different ports, as such we can take no responsibility for the accuracy of this information for yachts that are not part of Sail Indonesia.
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