INDONESIAN vegetable oil producers introduced palm oil products, including cooking oil and virgin red palm oil at the Festival Indonesia 2019 in Moscow, Russia.

ANOTHER event has been held to promote sustainable palm oil to the millennial generation in Indonesia.

The Government of Indonesia has enacted Law Number 41 Year 1999 concerning Energy.

The global biofuel trend is believed to be the new engine of economic growth for Indonesia as the world demand for biofuels is expanding.

INDONESIAN Government and palm oil business leaders denied biodiesel subsidies allegation in the European Union that drove the European Commission to propose anti-subsidy tariffs.

Indonesian Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution ordered palm oil stakeholders to notice factor of externalities in taking action, including in conducting research, as palm oil sector is unique and affected by external factors. "It is deemed necessary for the Indonesia Oil Palm Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) to notice factor of externalities in supporting research on palm oil.

The Indonesia Oil Palm Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) held an event called Indonesian Palm Oil Research Week 2019 in Jakarta, Thursday (1/8/2019), showcasing the best accomplishments and pioneering results of BPDPKS-funded research and innovation actions. Around 500 participants from palm oil industry joined visitors in the exhibition area which displaying the results of cutting-edge research projects alongside innovative products and services. BPDPKS has collaborated with with more than 25 public and private universities, 15 non-university research institutes, 501 senior researchers, and 256 students.

The Indonesian Government is working on a draft of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) that would enhance the current regulation on the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO).

Indonesian biofuel producers expressed a lot of concerns about the European Union\'s proposal to impose new anti-subsidy tariff on biofuels export.

Indonesian palm oil stakeholders convened in Medan, (25/7/2019), to discuss recent issues in the industry.