MSME Minister: E-commerce fee discount only needs integration schedule

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Maman Abdurrahman said the implementation of the 50 percent discount policy on e-commerce service fees for micro and small enterprises (UMK) selling domestic products has reached around 95 percent.

Maman said the government is currently completing the technical integration of the policy with the Sapa UMKM system. According to him, there are still several matters that need to be reviewed, especially regarding the schedule for implementing the system integration.

“So it is just that stage remaining, I think it is already 95 percent, just 5 percent left. There are some timeline schedule issues during the integration process. That is all that remains,” Maman said at the Ministry of Trade office in Jakarta on Thursday.

Maman explained that the 50 percent discount on e-commerce service fees is a form of government support to protect and improve the competitiveness of micro and small enterprises marketing domestic products through digital platforms.

According to Maman, integration with the Sapa UMKM system is important because the government needs data on the development of UMKs selling through digital channels.

The data can later be used by the government to monitor business development and determine more appropriate forms of support and incentives for UMK actors.

“The government has an interest in monitoring the development of every micro and small enterprise selling online, so that in the future we can provide the right incentive treatments to support the growth and development of our micro and small enterprises selling on e-commerce,” Maman explained.

Maman said the technical integration process had previously nearly reached the final stage. However, the government is still reviewing a number of matters related to the integration timeline or schedule.

With this progress, Maman is optimistic that the completion of the e-commerce service fee discount policy is just waiting for the system integration stage to be finished.