Minister Teten Calls Harmonization Of Permendag Revision Number 50 Of 2020 Too Long

Menkop UKM Teten Masduki (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki opened his voice regarding the progress of the revision of Permendag Number 50 of 2020. It is known that currently the regulation is still being harmonized with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham).

"Not yet (there is) still harmonization, and this is too late," Teten told reporters at the Kemenkop UKM Building, Jakarta, on Monday, August 14.

Teten said this process had been going on for a long time and this rule had not been ratified until now.

"We have been proposing revisions since January, since the old Trade Minister and this is too late. Therefore, we will continue to push (drive), it should be as soon as possible," he said.

Previously reported, the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (Kemenkop UKM) said the revision of the Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) Number 50 of 2020 related to business provisions through electronic systems in the harmonization stage at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham).

"Information that there is a statement from the Minister of Trade (Zulkifli Hasan), this morning it feels like it has been completed and we are waiting for harmonization at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights," said Special Staff to the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (Menkop UKM) for Creative Economic Empowerment Fiki Satari at a press conference in Jakarta, Wednesday, July 26.

Fiki said, there are several crucial things about the revision of the regulation that have been mutually agreed upon regarding international cross borders or buying and selling, which are consumers and sellers of different countries, with certain price limits.

The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs itself proposes a selling price with a lowest limit of 100 US dollars to enter Indonesia through a cross-border process.

According to him, many products are circulating in commercial and local electronics which can actually be produced by MSME actors, such as clothes, sandals, watches, shoes and other goods that are sold at unreasonable prices, namely the range of Rp. 100-Rp. 50,000.

"This is a local MSME policy, so it must be 100 US dollars and above that can only enter (Indonesia), that's what we agreed yesterday with the Ministry of Trade," said Fiki.

Furthermore, said Fiki, the second thing that has been agreed upon is that online marketplaces and retailers are not allowed to aggregate products except for SME products that have been proven through the Business Identification Number (NIB).