Indonesia looking at B30 after successful ramp up to B20

December 13, 2018 |

In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports that the government is looking to expand biodiesel blending to 30% from the current 20% but a target date for the policy implementation wasn’t reported. Already 20% uptake has reached 97% following the blending mandate increase in September. For B20, palm oil demand is 4.3 billion liters. The country already produces 56% of global palm oil production with roughly the same percentage exported annually as well. The policy to boost biodiesel consumption following a weakening of its currency earlier this year due to excessive FX requirements for fossil fuel imports.

Category: Policy

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