Indonesia's Customs Office Begins Fourth Piloting Stage of Its Customs Facility Application
Directorate General of Customs and Excise decision KEP-218/BC/2026, issued October 19 and effective October 26, extends digital processing of import-duty exemption facilities to the defense-equipment segment, as CEISA 4.0 mandates reach their 25th stage.
Indonesia's Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) has launched the fourth piloting stage of its Customs Facility Application, per decision KEP-218/BC/2026, signed October 19 and effective October 26. This stage covers import-duty exemption facilities under PMK 45/2026, which concerns defense and security equipment. The rollout is part of the progressively mandatory adoption of the CEISA 4.0 platform, now at its 25th stage, spanning import, export, bonded zones, free trade zones, shipped goods and KITE schemes.
Each mandatory stage pushes importers, customs brokers and bonded-zone operators onto new digital workflows, with document data now checked system-to-system and tested both at audit level and in enforcement operations. In a parallel sign of tightening data-driven oversight, customs announced on October 26 that it had secured 25.88 kilograms of gold worth Rp61.95 billion being illegally exported through five airports. The pattern across the October decisions points one way: customs facilities are moving fully into the system, and accurate supporting documentation is becoming the prerequisite for passing through it.