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
Full details
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited. Enforcement in Indonesia carries fines from IDR 100,000,000 to IDR 5,000,000,000 and imprisonment up to 10 years in aggravated cases under Customs Law No. 17/2006 Art. 102; Narcotics Law No. 35/2009.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 100000000–5000000000 IDR
- Imprisonment up to 120 months
- Criminal penalty
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. If unsure, declare on arrival — declared goods at worst attract duty or surrender, while undeclared goods found in screening are seized and fined.
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