THAILAND is going to implement policy to use biodiesel in power plants and heavy vehicles in order to reduce 190.000 metric ton palm oil surplus. National News Bureau reported that the national palm oil policy committee is going to help reduce the 190,000-metric-ton palm oil surplus by diverting 160,000 tons towards biodiesel production that will then be used for electricity production at the Ratchaburi and Bangpakong Power Plants. Additionally, the committee is calling for uptake of B20 in large vehicles and Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited, a Thailand energy company, will begin to distribute the fuel.

MALAYSIA will implement B10 program starting from 1 December 2018 and will make it mandatory from February 2019.

AUTOMOTIVE producer PT Isuzu Astra Motor has reiterated that Isuzu vehicles are ready to run on B30, fuel with 30 percent biodiesel content.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut B.

PRESIDENT Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has once again suggested universities to open faculty on palm oil and coffee as the two commodities have a big potency. "Our country has big potency such as palm oil, but there\'s no palm oil faculty in universities.

Indonesia filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the European Union\'s policy on Renewable Energy Directives/RED II.

The Government has decided to reduce the number of fuel terminals to blend biodiesel 20% (B20) from 112 to 25 locations.

Indonesian has once again demanded the European Union (EU) to prohibit the labeling of ""palm oil free\` on any packaging of various food products circulating in the EU region.

PRESIDENT Director of the Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDPKS) Dono Boestami has once again said to international community that Indonesian palm oil industry is a key feature of the country\'s economy given the fact that it supports the livelihood of 20 percent of Indonesia population. He said, more than 20 million people make a living from palm oil sector in Indonesia.

Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) Togar Sitanggang said Indonesia needs to increase palm oil production in order to implement B100 mandatory program.