Indonesia to discuss how to continue biodiesel programme amid falling fuel prices


Malaysia, the world's second biggest palm oil producer, delayed a nationwide rollout of a B20 biodiesel mandate last month due to movement curbs to contain the coronavirus outbreak.(File pic shows a car using biodiesel.)

JAKARTA: Indonesia's ministry of economic affairs is set to discuss how the country will continue its ambitious biodiesel programme, a ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The economic affairs ministry was scheduled to meet on Wednesday to decide the government's next moves to ensure the continuity of a mandate which requires biodiesel to have 30% bio-content (B30) made from palm.

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