# Malaysia to double palm oil used in transport biodiesel to 20pc in 2020 | Malay Mail

> Malaysia plans to raise the palm oil content of transport biodiesel to 20% in 2020 and industrial biofuel to 10% next year, from a 7% quota starting July. Palm oil use in biofuels is expected to reach 1.3 million tonnes annually, and a biofuel price stabilisation fund is proposed.

- Date: 2019-02-13 · published 2019-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60460-malaysia-to-double-palm-oil-used-in-transport-biodiesel-to-20pc-in-2020-malay
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A higher biodiesel mandate removes palm oil from the food and export market, tightening supply and supporting prices. The stabilisation fund would keep biodiesel viable when palm prices rise.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2026-04-22 | [Malaysia's palm oil-based biodiesel push to add 300,000 tpy in demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15480-malaysia-s-palm-oil-based-biodiesel-push-to-add-300-000-tpy-in-demand.md) | -0.0% | -0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-05-17 | [Malaysia Says Committed to Raising Palm Oil Biodiesel Mandate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15734-malaysia-says-committed-to-raising-palm-oil-biodiesel-mandate.md) | -1.4% | -6.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2016-11-25 | [Palm oil demand from Indonesia biodiesel sector to surge by 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73756-palm-oil-demand-from-indonesia-biodiesel-sector-to-surge-by-2020.md) | +3.8% | +5.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-08-30 | [Palm Oil Rises After Indonesia Raises Export Tax, Biodiesel Use](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15797-palm-oil-rises-after-indonesia-raises-export-tax-biodiesel-use.md) | -7.5% | -11.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-08-19 | [Indonesia mulls palm oil levies increase to support biodiesel plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51467-indonesia-mulls-palm-oil-levies-increase-to-support-biodiesel-plans.md) | -0.7% | +7.2% |
| SBO | 2023-05-17 | [Malaysia Says Committed to Raising Palm Oil Biodiesel Mandate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15734-malaysia-says-committed-to-raising-palm-oil-biodiesel-mandate.md) | +1.5% | +14.0% |
| SBO | 2016-11-25 | [Palm oil demand from Indonesia biodiesel sector to surge by 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73756-palm-oil-demand-from-indonesia-biodiesel-sector-to-surge-by-2020.md) | +2.1% | -5.6% |
| SBO | 2020-08-19 | [Indonesia mulls palm oil levies increase to support biodiesel plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51467-indonesia-mulls-palm-oil-levies-increase-to-support-biodiesel-plans.md) | +1.3% | +10.6% |

## Sources

- malaymail.com: https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2019/02/13/malaysia-to-double-palm-oil-used-in-transport-biodiesel-to-20pc-in-2020/1722483

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