BPS Highlights Many Companies Have Not Fulfilled The Obligation To Report Electronic Trading Data

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that there are still many Trade Organizers Through Electronic Systems (PMSE) or online traders who have not complied with data submission even though it has been mandated in laws and regulations.

Director of the Expenditure Balance of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Pipit Helly Sorayan revealed that trade operators through electronic systems (PMSE) are required to report transaction data, trade statistics, and other relevant information.

Meanwhile, the policy is contained in BPS Regulation Number 4 of 2023 concerning Submission and Management of Data and/or Trade Information through Electronic Systems, where this rule is a derivative of Government Regulation Number 80 of 2019 concerning Electronic Systems (PMSE).

Therefore, Pipit said that until December 6, 2024, only 136 registered online traders had reached, while 126 registered PMSE organizers had Trade Business Permits through the Electronic System (SIU PMSE).

Pipit said that until now, only 61 companies have submitted data so that the total transaction value of the PPMSE is not known with certainty and is still far from the target expected by the government.

"I can't say the numbers yet because there are still things that haven't been consistent. So per product the value is that much, per region the number is like that. So per according to the type of perpetrator, it's not the same," he said after the Socialization of PMSE Data and Information Submission, Tuesday, December 10.

Therefore, Pipit conveyed that BPS continues to disseminate and guide PMSE so that business actors can improve and perfect the data submitted.

Pipit also revealed that the government is targeting that in the fourth quarter of 2024, all data submitted by PPMSE has been collected so that in the first quarter of 2025, data measurements can be carried out so that the total transaction value carried out by PMSE is known.

"We hope that in the front quarter when submitting data in the fourth quarter of 2024, the coverage will be sufficient and the data will also start to be consistent. Yes, we hope that around mid-January (2025) we will try the level of measurement. Hopefully it will start," he explained.

Pipit said it continues to encourage PMSE players who have not submitted data to do so immediately, in order to support government policy making which relies heavily on accurate and relevant data availability.

"We both know that our current government is very concerned about the availability of data and of course it is very relevant to policy making which may later be in line with what is needed by the government," he explained.

Meanwhile, the Trade Supervisory of Intermediate Experts of the Directorate of Commerce Order, Ministry of Trade Mario Josko, revealed that his party has the right to impose sanctions on PMSE organizing companies that do not comply in submitting their data to BPS.

Mario explained that this was regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) No. 31/2023.

Article 55 of the Minister of Trade Regulation No. 31/2023 and regulates administrative sanctions that will be given to PMSE organizing companies that do not comply with submitting their data.

"Indeed, it is administrative (the sanctions). If it is administrative, it starts with a warning but it can end with a blocking," he said.

Director of Trade Through Electronic Systems and Services Trading of the Ministry of Trade, Rifan Ardianto, said that all PMSEs are required to submit data to BPS.

And it is hoped that the data and information submitted by PPMSE can be a source for the government in formulating policies related to PMSE so that it can be even better.

Rifan emphasized that in accordance with Government Regulation (PP) No. 80 and Permendag No. 31, if PPMSE does not carry out these obligations, sanctions will be imposed, ranging from written warnings, included in the priority list of supervision, to temporary termination of access.

"Certainly yes, because in PP 80 and also Permendag 31 the obligation to submit data is regulated if PPMSE does not submit the data and information will be subject to sanctions, starting from a written warning, then it was included in the priority list of supervision, to temporary termination of access," he said.

As a strategic step, Rifan emphasized that the Ministry of Trade will continue to educate and provide literacy to PPMSE periodically regarding data and information delivery, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of this obligation.