KPDNHEP develops e-commerce, to help reduce prices of essential goods
Published on: Monday, July 15, 2019
By: Bernama
GEORGE TOWN: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) is developing an e-commerce system in order to reduce the prices of essential goods, and help to cope with the rising cost of living.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail,(pic) said the system was being developed by a special team in his ministry and he personally monitored and scrutinised the development progress of the system.
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“The National Cost Of Living Action Council (Naccol) meeting recently agreed for KPDNHEP to develop the system to sell consumer goods directly to consumers in order to reduce the price of goods and at the same time the cost of living can also be reduced.
“I cannot tell when the system can be used but we will make some trials before it can be used by the public,” he told reporters after opening the Asean Product Trade Centre (APTC).
He said the ministry also learned a lot from an e-commerce company in China during his visit there last February and 20 KPDNHEP top officials were also sent for a two-week course.
Saifuddin said the company sold a range of essential and sundry items at low prices and his ministry also learned ways to reduce costs so that the goods could be sold cheaply.
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According to him, the goods in this country were being sold at high prices because they went through several business layers before reaching consumers.
Earlier in his speech, Saifuddin Nasution said KPDNHEP welcomed the initiative of Suiwah Corporation Berhad to gather product manufacturers at APTC to expand their trade to China.
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He said APTC is a place to showcase Malaysian products and will be visited by traders from overseas, especially China, indirectly making APTC a one-stop sourcing centre.
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