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safe environment in order to gain trust from
investor as well as foreign people.

Directorate General of Customs and Excise
(DGCE)’s Domain on the 2018 Asian Games

DGCE will take important role in 2018 Asian
Games. According to Indonesian Law on
Customs, DGCE is authorized to control goods
that enters from outside Indonesia customs
territory, therefore DGCE becomes a leading
supervisor agency for 2018 Asian Games. DGCE
will specifically supervise passenger goods
brought by athletes, officials, supporters,
and journalist. The supervision will also be
conducted to temporary admission goods, and from Prime Customs Officer of Tanjung Priok
imported goods for home use. Despite the fact and Soekarno Hatta, Customs Regional Office
that DGCE needs to do their jobs, it also has to of Jakarta, Customs Office of Bandung, and
maintain the hospitality during the checking as Customs Office of Palembang.
well as to provide adequate officer, and decent
checking post to bring out the positive image of Consolidation meeting has been conducted
Indonesia. regularly between customs offices which
directly supervise the event, primarily
In order to conduct the inspection, DGCE discussing about progress and action plan of
refers to Indonesian Law on Customs number each customs offices on supervision during the
17 of 2006 and Minister of Finance Regulation event.
number 228/PMK.04/2015 on Imported Goods
for Home-Use Release. According to Indonesian “DGCE has been regularly joining coordination
Law on Customs article 26, goods which are meeting with Indonesia Asian Games
used during Asian Games event may be granted 2018 National Committee (INASGOC) and
exemption or relief of import duty. Some venues other related agencies such as Indonesian
and equipment for the 2018 Asian Games will National Police, Indonesian National Army,
be temporarily imported such as drone, x-ray, Transportation Agency, Provincial Government,
and urine-test tube, Indonesia Asian Games Municipal Government in order to update the
2018 Organizing Committee as the board in progress of readiness of each agency towards
charge of this event will re-export the goods the events,” said Agus.
after the event ends.
In order to disseminate the information about
DGCE has also established a team to support customs procedures during the Asian Games
the preparation as well as during the event of 2018, DGCE has made tutorial video addressed
the Asian Games 2018, by providing customs for the volunteers and vendors of this event.
facility, as stated in the Decree of Director
General of Customs and Excise number 53 of DGCE’s effort to support Asian Games 2018
2018. The team is consisted of the person in
charge and daily committee chaired by M. Agus Agus explained more that there are several steps
Rofiudin and representatives from Directorate taken by DGCE in order to facilitate the Asian
of Customs Facility, Directorate of Customs Games 2018 such as customs duty exemption,
Technique, Directorate of Customs Enforcement ATA Carnet document, On-the-spot check, as
and Investigation, as well as field officer team well as temporary storage permit issuance.

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