Send Cosmetics (Commercial) → 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Indonesia?
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Indonesia; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Required at the destination customs authority
Full Details
Posting cosmetics to Indonesia in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DGCE / Bea Cukai) applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 12% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. Indonesia drastically lowered its de minimis threshold from USD $75 to USD $3 per consignment in January 2020 (PMK 199/2019) to protect domestic industry from cheap imported e-commerce goods. VAT (11%) and income tax withholding apply to goods above $3. Goods for personal use up to 3 times per month may have some relief. Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.
Keep parcels to personal quantities and declare contents specifically ('face cream', not 'gift'). Check carrier rules for aerosols and nail varnish — they are the commonly refused items in this class.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
International postal parcels are assessed for customs duties and taxes. Goods valued above USD $3 are subject to import duty and VAT. Indonesia Post (Pos Indonesia) and Bea Cukai coordinate customs clearance for postal items.
Sending Cosmetics (Commercial) to other countries
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🇺🇸 United States
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United States; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United Kingdom; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇨🇦 Canada
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Canada; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Australia; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to New Zealand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇹🇭 Thailand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Thailand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.