Indonesia urges EU to remove countervailing duty on biodiesel after WTO ruling


This file picture taken 19 November 2005 shows a labourer working at a palm plantation on the outskirts of Medan, North Sumatra. The EU, Indonesia's third-largest destination for palm oil products and one of Indonesia's major markets for biodiesel, has imposed countervailing duties of eight to 18 per cent since 2019. - AFP

JAKARTA: Indonesia's trade ministry on Monday urged the European Union to immediately remove countervailing duties on biodiesel imports, after the World Trade Organisation backed the South-East Asian country on several key claims in a complaint to the trade body.

Indonesia brought its complaint to the WTO in 2023, alleging the EU's imposition of duties on imports of its biodiesel broke the body's rules.

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