Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Karachi, Pakistan will host The first Conference and Exhibition on Indonesian Palm Oil (CEIPO) 2018 on 6 September 2018. The event will consist of conference and exhibition simultaneously, where the conference will have various prominent speakers from the palm oil stakeholders in Indonesia and Pakistan while the exhibition side is going to showcase the palm oil-related associations and companies from Indonesia and Pakistan. "We hope CEIPO 2018 will be a good start to enhance collaboration and cooperation in palm oil industries between Indonesia and Pakistan," Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Karachi Totok Prianamto said (4/9/2018). The "Pakistan-Indonesia Collaboration on Palm oil-based Industries" - themed conference aims to spark discussions on the way forward of cooperation in palm oil industries between Indonesia and Pakistan.

Starting form 1 September 2018, the Government make it mandatory for biodiesel B20 to be used both in Public Service Obligation (PSO) and non-PSO.

Ministry of Industry revealed that the use of B20 on vehicles has been tested by many institutions long before the government implementd expanded B20 program on 1 September 2018.

Indonesia\'s Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) concluded that biodiesel B20 do no harm to vehicles, both new and old vehicles.

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has enacted MEMR Minister\'s Decree No.

The President of Republic of Indonesia has enacted Presidential Regulation No.

The Government\'s policy to expand the use of B20 to non subsidized sector will mandate all diesel-engined vehicles, including machinery in mining field, to use fuel with 20 percent biodiesel content.

The Government\'s expanded B20 program which will start on 1 September 2018 makes PT Pertamina (Persero) the centre of attention.

ONE of the expected positive impact of a mandatory expansion of B20 is lowering current account deficit.

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources MEMR has set lower biofuel market price index for September 2018 at Rp 7.294/liter, down by Rp 306/liter compared to August 2018 price of Rp 7.600/liter. The market price index will be used as the benchmark for implementing expanded B20 mandatory program and is applied for blending diesel fuel both to special fuel and regular fuel (under CN 51). The new price was announced on Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation\'s announcement letter No.

The expanded B20 program was officially launched, Friday (31/8/2018), made it mandatory for biodiesel to have a bio-content of 20 percent.

The Government aims to make the use of biodiesel blended fuels (B20) compulsory for all vehicles from 1 September 2018.