As A Result Of The Entry Of Imported Products On TikTok Shop, The Government Is Asked To Design Electronic Trading Rules

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JAKARTA - Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki urged the Indonesian government to immediately design electronic trade arrangements to limit the entry of imported products in online stores, including TikTok Shop.

In this case, he reflected on India and the United States (US) who dared to ban TikTok operations.

"Regarding electronic trade arrangements, I think it is urgent for us to arrange them immediately. Today, online sales (online) have been controlled by foreign products," said Minister Teten in a Working Meeting with the Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM, as well as Commission VI DPR RI, in Jakarta, quoted Tuesday, September 5.

"India also dares to reject TikTok, that America also prohibits TikTok, for example, sales are permissible, but it cannot be combined with social media," he added.

Teten assessed that people who shop online have been influenced by the discussion on social media itself.

"People shopping online are navigated by conversations on social media. Here's one, let alone payment of the system (payment system) later together, this is again proposed. Financing all, logistics, yes, all of them, this is called a monopoly," he said.

Due to this condition, Teten directly proposed to the Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia to tighten the rules regarding the Classification of the Indonesian Business Field Baku (KBLI) 63121 articles regarding the web issue for commercial purposes to 4 or 5 KBLI.

Including, among other things, so that social commerce cannot sell imported products directly, aka cross borders, especially through social media, non-commercial platforms.

Responding to the proposal, Bahlil, who was also present at the DPR, claimed that his party had closed the permit to import goods directly from e-commerce, aka cross-border trading.

This was done in response to the flood of imported products in e-commerce and social commerce.

Bahlil said the instructions had been conveyed to the relevant deputies even though the regulations involved the ban.

The regulation in question is the revision of Permendag Number 50 of 2020 concerning Trade Through Electronic Systems (PMSE) which has not been completed until now.

"So, Mr. Teten yesterday I (opened the import permit) I apologize, without any rules I have ordered my deputy, lock it, that the permit at the KBLI e-commerce that came was not registered first, just played with the sale," he said.

According to Bahlil, this step has become the strategy of global big players who are the producers behind the sale of cheap imported goods in online stores.

After MSMEs fall, then they increase their selling price.

"So, their strategy is to give them the bankruptcy first, collapse Indonesia's MSMEs first, then they play a bigger size, then the price is raised. I think, in an unofficial forum, we will open the character later," he said.