Ivory & CITES-Listed Items 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited
Can I bring Ivory & CITES-Listed Items into Indonesia?
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited
Required at the destination customs authority
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Trade in elephant ivory is banned under CITES Appendix I listings. Both import and export of new ivory are prohibited in virtually all countries that are CITES parties. Antique ivory (pre-1947 and in some markets pre-1975 with documentation) may be e
Active — Customs actively enforces this rule.
Leaving Indonesia with ivory & cites-listed items
Indonesia's Law 5/1990 on Conservation of Biological Resources and Ecosystems, and Presidential Decree 43/1978 (CITES implementation), prohibit export of CITES Appendix I species including elephant ivory without KLHK authorisation. Commercial ivory export for non-commercial scientific purposes may be authorised with KLHK permit and LIPI non-detriment finding. Penalties: 5 years imprisonment and IDR 100 million fine under Law 5/1990 s. 40.
Do not bring ivory & cites-listed items to this country. Penalties may be severe.
This page covers destination customs rules in Indonesia. Whether you can carry ivory & cites-listed items through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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Ivory & CITES-Listed Items rules in other countries
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🇺🇸 United States
Commercial ivory trade is banned. Personal importation subject to narrow exemptions.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
One of the world's strictest ivory bans under the Ivory Act 2018.
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🇿🇦 South Africa
Ivory trade banned under CITES and national law
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🇨🇳 China
Complete ban on ivory trade since 2018
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🇨🇦 Canada
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited
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🇦🇺 Australia
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited