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Pocket Knife 🇮🇩 Indonesia

VERIFIED · 2026-04-25NOT YET GRADED

Pocket Knife import prohibited

ANSWER

Can I bring Pocket Knife into Indonesia?

PROHIBITEDVERIFIED · 2026-04-25

Pocket Knife import prohibited

DECLARATION

Required at the destination customs authority

SOURCE

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Full details

Pocket knives are prohibited in carry-on baggage on commercial flights worldwide. In checked baggage, most airlines permit them, and in most countries personal pocket knives are legal to own. However, the UK bans carrying any knife with a blade over

ENFORCEMENT

ActiveCustoms actively enforces this rule.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

Do not bring pocket knife to this country. Penalties may be severe.

OFFICIAL SOURCES · VERIFIED 2026-04-25

AIR TRAVEL IS SEPARATE

This page covers destination customs rules in Indonesia. Whether you can carry pocket knife through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.

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