Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Tattoo Equipment → Indonesia
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-07-25
No specific restrictions for personal tattoo equipment
Details
Tattoo inks are regulated under REACH in the EU with tightened restrictions effective January 2022 on specific azo pigments, PAH compounds, and heavy metals, meaning US-sourced inks may not comply with EU import rules. Tattoo needles and cartridges a. In the reverse direction (taking tattoo equipment out of Indonesia): allowed — Personal tattoo equipment may be exported from Indonesia freely at personal-use quantities.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Leaving with this item
Personal tattoo equipment may be exported from Indonesia freely at personal-use quantities.
Practical advice
Personal-use single tattoo machine clears. Commercial / professional shipments need destination health-department approval.
Customs authority
Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DGCE / Bea Cukai) · https://www.beacukai.go.id