TikTok Shop Opens Again November 10, Minister Teten Says This

Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki opened his voice about the news circulating that TikTok Shop will reopen on November 10, 2023.

"The signal really wants to open again, because the total income can be around Rp. 8.4 trillion per month. But earlier I said he (TikTok) had to follow our rules," Minister Teten told reporters at the Kemenkop UKM Building, Jakarta, Wednesday, October 25.

Teten does not deny that TikTok really wants to reopen its e-commerce business in Indonesia.

Related to this, he admitted that he had received an assignment from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to meet TikTok Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shou Zi Chew.

He admitted that he was the only one assigned by President Jokowi to meet Shou Zi Chew.

Even so, Teten does not know more about the things to be discussed.

"I'll just (assigned). Of course, we will contact first, because we ask for the CEO (meet). We don't know (what was discussed," said Teten.

Previously reported, TikTok Indonesia will re-open its business services, namely TikTok Shop in Indonesia. This is widely discussed on social media.

Responding to this, the Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan admitted that he had not heard the news.

He said that until now TikTok had not applied for a business license as an e-commerce.

"Not yet (submitting permission as e-commerce). I also haven't heard (TikTok Shop services will operate again)," he said when met at the Mulia Hotel, Jakarta, Friday, October 13.

Even so, Zulhas, as he is familiarly called, said that if TikTok wanted to apply for its business license as an e-commerce, the government would serve it.