TikTok Shop Reportedly Will Open Again November 10, Trade Minister: The Permit Does Not Yet Exist

Minister of Trade Zulhas (photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - TikTok Indonesia officially closed the TikTok Shop service in its application. This closure is a follow-up to the enactment of the Minister of Trade Regulation (Permendag) Number 31 of 2023. However, recently on social media, news circulated that the service would reopen on November 10, 2023.

Responding to this news, Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan admitted that he had not heard the news. He also said that until now TikTok had not applied for a business license as an e-commerce.

"Not yet (promoting permission as e-commerce). I also haven't heard (TikTok Shop service 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.

Furthermore, Zulhas also emphasized that the government does not prohibit TikTok Shop but arranges it to be more organized. The government also separates permits between social media, social-commerce, and e-commerce.

"Yes, of course if there is, so once again we don't forbid it, we organize it. If anyone wants to take care of the government, it's their job to serve. But yes, we have to follow government regulations," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the Director of Trade Through the Electronic System and Jasa Trading, Rifan Ardinato, said that his party was still waiting for TikTok Indonesia regarding the application for a business license as an e-commerce for the TikTok Shop service.

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Furthermore, Rifan said that TikTok Indonesia has now adjusted the business model in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) Number 31 of 2023.

"This means that it is in accordance with the 31 2023 candy as a social-commerce but indeed related to e-commerce licensing, we have not received it. Social-commerce they have done it," he said.