Indonesia and Malaysia use palm oil as blending for biodiesel, with Indonesia since early 2020 using a mandatory B30 - a biodiesel containing 30% of palm-based fuel - the highest mandatory mix in the world, to slash imports of diesel fuel.
Indonesia is currently running test flights using jet fuel mixed with palm oil and conducting various trials to use it to produce other fuels, as well as planning road tests on a 40% palm-based biocontent. Rival Malaysia is also committed to maintaining and expanding its own biodiesel programme after pandemic-related delays, its Plantation Industries and Commodities minister, Zuraida Kamaruddin, said at the same event.
Malaysia's palm oil benchmark has gained about 30% so far this year amid sluggish output from the two top producers, Indonesia's earlier export restrictions and impacts of the war in Ukraine.
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