1241 seaports in Indonesia it is a Port Driven Mechanism and not a Customs Driven Mechanism. Why ? Because all the substantial matters that issued by the Customs those are not indicating the real measurement in terms of date and hour of the flow of physical goods and its vessels.
We need to differentiate as follows:
- Which one is the flow of physical goods and;
- The flow of paper submission as document verification in the Customs formality.
CUSTOMS DISCHARGE PERMIT
The manifest of the vessel will be submitted by Shipping Lines/ Shipping Agent to the Customs as Inward Manifest. The Customs will verify the Inward Manifest and then finalize the result of verification with a 'BC 1.1 response'. This situation, it doesn't mean that the vessel will immediately move to the Berth Area as it illustrated below.
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CUSTOMS EXIT PERMIT
The goods should be verified by the Customs through its Import Declaration submitted by Importer or Customs Broker. The result of verification it is indicated by issuing the 'SPPB (Surat Persetujuan Pengeluaran Barang) response'. This situation, it doesn't mean that the goods will be immediately out of the Berth Area as it illustrated below.
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