
A CIFOR and Bogor Agricultural University working paper finds Indonesia's palm-oil biodiesel output is still low due to policy and technical obstacles. Interviews with officials and businesses identified policies that do not support one another and a lack of subnational government role.
Slow biodiesel development limits domestic palm oil absorption, so the policy bottlenecks are a modest bearish-leaning factor for palm prices if they persist.
After 66 past neutral report events, Palm Oil moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -0.4% to +2.0%), and +2.2% over 20.
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