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<br>JAKARTA, July 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's most significant [palm oil](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) manufacturer, is checking fuel with a view to increasing to 40% from 35% the share of [palm-oil mixed](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) into [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) next year, the energy ministry said.<br> |
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<br>If implemented, the B40 required might increase [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) intake to as much as 16 million kilolitres (KL) next year, the ministry said, from 13 million KL estimated to be consumed in 2024.<br> |
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<br>"We hope the trials could be finished in December, so that complete application of B40 might be brought out in 2025," energy ministry senior official Eniya [Listiani Dewi](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) stated in a declaration on Tuesday.<br> |
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<br>The Indonesian [Biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) Producers Association (APROBI) said the market had the capacity to satisfy B40 need, with installed capacity expected to [increase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to 20 million KL each year next year from 18 million KL now.<br> |
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<br>"However we will require more basic materials to fulfill B40 demand," Ernest Gunawan, the secretary general of APROBI informed Reuters on Wednesday.<br> |
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<br>The [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) market would [require](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 13.9 million metric heaps of crude [palm oil](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to produce 16 million KL [biodiesel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) next year, from the approximated 11 million loads needed this year, he added.<br> |
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<br>[Indonesia's](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) greatest palm oil association GAPKI stated a decline in exports meant there would be adequate basic materials to provide the B40 mandate in the meantime.<br> |
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<br>But the industry would [require](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to examine "which one would be better", [GAPKI chairman](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) Eddy Martono stated, describing the [possibility](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) an increase in exports would make providing the domestic market less viable.<br> |
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<br>Indonesia's palm [oil output](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) is [approximated](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to reach 54.4 million loads in 2024, a 2.26% boost from last year, while exports are anticipated to decline by 2.47% to 29.5 million tons as domestic intake increased, driven by [biodiesel required](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br> |
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<br>The ministry had actually tested the [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/), blended with 40% of palm oil, on a train for the first time earlier today, while preparing to test the B40 mix on agriculture machinery, [power plants](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) and in the shipping industry, it said. (Reporting by Bernadette Christina and Dewi Kurniawati |
