Government Simplifies Customs Registration

As an implementation of Article 27 of Ministry of Finance Regulation No. 179/PMK.04/2016 on Customs Registration, [1] the Director General of Customs and Excise (“Director General”) has issued Regulation No. PER-04/BC/2017 on Guidelines for the Implementation of Customs Registration (“Regulation 04/2017”). [2] In essence, Regulation 04/2017 sets out further provisions which relate to customs registration. Due to the broad scope of Regulation 04/2017, this edition of Indonesian Legal Brief will confine its discussion to the following topics: