page_title: Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Indonesia)
section_title: Equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Indonesia) / Equipment
caption_attribution_description: English: Personnel of the Indonesian Customs and Excise during a firing practice
context_page_description: The Directorate General of Customs and Excise is an Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Finance that serves the community in the field of customs and excise. The Directorate General of Customs and Excise has the duty to organize the formulation and implementation of policies in the field of supervision, law enforcement, service and optimization of state revenue in the field of customs and excise in accordance with the provisions of legislation. The directorate also carry out some basic tasks of the Ministry of Finance in the field of customs and excise, in accordance with policies established by the Minister and securing government policies relating to the traffic of goods entering or leaving the Customs Area and the collection of import duties and excise and other state levies based on legislation apply.
  During the Dutch colonial era, a government institutions called the Import and Export Customs and Excise Service was created for duty and excise tax collections in the territory of the Dutch East Indies. The present organization was created on 1 October 1946, at the midst of the Indonesian National Revolution.
context_section_description: The customs officers are trained in the use of firearms. Customs Tactical Unit (CTU) officers are also trained in the use of rifles.
  Pindad P3A – Standard issue sidearm.
  Pindad SBC-1 – Standard issue rifle.
caption: Personnel of the Customs and Excise during a firing practice
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