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Indonesia has requested Google and Apple to block Chinese fast fashion e-commerce firm Temu from their application stores in the country. The goal is to protect small and medium-sized businesses from the cheap products offered by PDD Holdings’ Temu, even though there have been no transactions by Indonesian residents on the platform yet.
The rapid growth of Temu has raised concerns over its low-cost business model of shipping products from China to customers. Indonesia sees Temu’s business model as providing “unhealthy competition” by connecting consumers directly with factories in China to reduce prices significantly.
The government also plans to block any investment by Temu in local e-commerce and may make a similar request for Chinese shopping service Shein. TikTok was forced to close its e-commerce service in Indonesia last year, and later acquired a majority stake in an Indonesian tech conglomerate to stay in Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market.
Indonesia’s e-commerce industry is projected to grow to $160 billion by 2030 from $62 billion in 2023, according to a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Co. Additionally, Bukalapak.com denied reports of an acquisition plan by Temu.
(Note: The original article mentioned a specific news site and included a Facebook pixel script, which have been omitted in this revision.)
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Emma Collins, graduated in Financial Economics from the University of Chicago in the USA in 2016. She has since worked at an asset management firm in New York, where she specializes in investment strategies and portfolio management. Emma has a keen interest in financial analysis and has published several articles in renowned financial journals. Her work focuses on providing actionable insights to investors, and she is known for her forward-thinking approach to managing financial portfolios.
