Directorate General of Customs and Excise

Directorate General of Customs and Excise
Direktorat Jenderal Bea dan Cukai
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Common nameBea Cukai
AbbreviationDJBC
Agency overview
Formed1 October 1946 (1946-10-01)
Preceding agency
  • De Dienst der Invoer en Uitvoerrechten en Accijnzen
Employees15,935
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
Indonesia
Operations jurisdictionIndonesia
Legal jurisdictionNational
Governing bodyGovernment of Indonesia
Constituting instrument
  • Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 1995
Operational structure
HeadquartersJalan Ahmad Yani By Pass, Jakarta, Indonesia
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Askolani, Director General
Parent agencyMinistry of Finance
Website
beacukai.go.id

The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Indonesian: Direktorat Jenderal Bea dan Cukai abbreviated Bea Cukai or DJBC) is an Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Finance that serves the community in the field of customs and excise. The Directorate General of Customs and Excise has the duty to organize the formulation and implementation of policies in the field of supervision, law enforcement, service and optimization of state revenue in the field of customs and excise in accordance with the provisions of legislation. The directorate also carry out some basic tasks of the Ministry of Finance in the field of customs and excise, in accordance with policies established by the Minister and securing government policies relating to the traffic of goods entering or leaving the Customs Area and the collection of import duties and excise and other state levies based on legislation apply.

During the Dutch colonial era, a government institutions called the Import and Export Customs and Excise Service (Dutch: De Dienst der Invoer en Uitvoerrechten en Accijnzen) was created for duty and excise tax collections in the territory of the Dutch East Indies. The present organization was created on 1 October 1946, at the midst of the Indonesian National Revolution. Originally, the agency was named the Customs and Excise Office, before changing into its present name.

The Directorate General of Customs and Excise is divided into several branches in different regions across Indonesia. The directorate reports directly to the Ministry of Finance.