KONTAN.CO.ID - The
Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and the Indonesian E-Commerce Association (idEA) will soon discuss how to
collect data on the e-commerce sector.
Amid news reports of a slowdown in household spending,
many economists speculate that the online shopping trend has changed shopping
patterns in the country.
BPS head Suhariyanto said in Jakarta on Monday that
BPS was currently studying changes in public consumption patterns, following
the emergence of online retailers.
"It is hard to collect data on e-commerce growth.
idEA currently also does not have such data. So we will sit together with them
to discuss how to get the data," Suhariyanto said on the sidelines of a
meeting at the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Monday.
Currently, idEA has 287 members, including big e-commerce businesses like Tokopedia, Bukalapak, Blibli and Blanja.
Suhariyanto said measuring the growth of big online
retailers may be easier than tracking unofficial e-commerce activities.
“There are two kind of e-commerce: The official ones,
such as Tokopedia and Blibli, and the unofficial ones, like those selling goods
via Instagram or Facebook," he said.
According to BPS data, household consumption in the
first half grew at a rate of 4.95 percent year-on-year (yoy), lower than the
5.07 percent yoy measured in the corresponding period last year. (Anton
Hermansyah)
Source : The Jakarta Post, 14.08.17.
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