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Indonesia president-elect Prabowo Subianto hopes to implement mandatory 50% palm oil-based biodiesel blending by early next year, which he said would cut fuel imports by $20 billion per year.

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Indonesia is conducting tests as it prepares for the incoming government’s plan to increase the palm oil-based biodiesel blending mandate to 50%, up from the current 35%.

Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, is working to increase its mandatory biodiesel blend to 50%, known as B50, next year.

RHB Research noted that a B50 mandate would require an extra four million tonnes of palm oil per annum, , which would pose a food versus fuel challenge – limiting exports required to feed the world.