Directorate General of Customs and Excise

The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Indonesian: Direktorat Jenderal Bea dan Cukai abbreviated Bea Cukai or DJBC) is an Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Finance that serves the community in the field of customs and excise.
The establishment of official customs and excise administration in Indonesia began during the colonialization period of the Netherlands, specifically upon the entry of VOC to the country.
The officers were often called ‘douane’, while the official name of the administration was (De Dienst der Invoer en Uitvoerrechten en Accijnzen (I.U & A)), loosely translated as the Department of Import Duty and Export Duty and Excise.
The administration's main objectives were to collectinvoer-rechten (import duty), uitvoer-rechten (export duty), andaccijnzen (excise).
This Bureau is headed by a Chief Inspector who doubles as an advisor to the Director of Finance for trade and shipping domiciled in Batavia. At that time the Customs Bureau was headed by a civilian officer appointed directly from the Netherlands.
Several Heads of the Customs and Excise Office of the Netherlands Indies period were as follows:
The history of the first duty and excise tax collections in Indonesia began in the Dutch colonial era in 1886 against kerosene based on the Ordonnantie van December 27, 1886, Stbl. 1886 Number 249. issued by the government of the Dutch East Indies.
During the colonialization period of Japan, the Japanese Occupation Army passed Law no. 13 on the opening of government offices in Java and Madura. In article 1, paragraph 2 of the law states:
The department's functions of collecting import duty and export duty were eliminated, leaving only the function of collecting excise.
The Customs and Excise, Tax Branch was made into an institution with the joint name Gunseikanbu Zaimubu Shuzeika led by Chogo assisted by several native employees, namely Soetikno Slamet and H.A. Pandelaki.
Shortly after Indonesia proclaimed independence, the organization of the Ministry of Finance was formed and the Customs and Excise was established to be part of the Tax Office.
On 1 October 1946, Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, minister of finance at the time, decide to overhaul organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance.
Customs and Excise is released from the Tax Office and becomes standalone office as the Customs and Excise Office and appoints Mr. R.A. Kartadjoemena as Chief of Customs and Excise Officer.
That date is considered as the date of birth of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.
The Directorate General of Customs and Excise is divided into several branches in different regions across Indonesia.
The directorate reports directly to the Ministry of Finance.
To carry out the main task of Ministry of Finance in the field of customs and excise, based on the policy determined by Minister, and secure government policy related with the traffic of goods entering and leaving Customs Territory and Customs and Excise levies as well as other state levies based on the prevailing government regulations and laws.
To carry out the main task, Directorate General of Customs and Excise has the function of:
The vision of the DJBC's is to be "the leading customs and excise institution globally" and has three missions:
Since DJBC is the agency that regulates the entry of goods in the territory of Indonesia, DJBC's duty is also to enforce export and import regulations issued by other ministries or government agencies, such as:
The organisation structure of Directorate General of Customs and Excise comprises the following components:
The customs officers are trained in the use of firearms.
Customs Tactical Unit (CTU) officers are also trained in the use of rifles.
Customs Marine Patrol unit operates various arrays of ships, with six main categories:
From 1970-2000, DJBC operated several aircraft to support marine patrol.
Among those are Beechraft King Air, Piper Twin Comanche and Piper Navajo. The last aircraft was grounded in 2002.
Efforts had been made to revive DJBC's aerial surveillance capability to support intelligence and enforcement team at industrial sites, land border and coastal areas using UAV.
Customs unit in airport and land border operates x-rays device, CCTV and K9 unit to assist them in checking potential smuggling, especially drugs.
DJBC is also implement automated channel system based on importer/exporter profile, commodity type of goods, track record and information contained in the DJBC intelligence. There are 4 channel: