# Cabinet paper on B10 biodiesel to be tabled by year-end

> Malaysia's Primary Industries Ministry is preparing a B10 biodiesel cabinet paper to be tabled by year-end. The minister said the programme could help smallholders hit by falling palm oil prices, and stakeholder consultations are complete.

- Date: 2018-09-14 · published 2018-09-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62901-cabinet-paper-on-b10-biodiesel-to-be-tabled-by-year-end
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A prospective Malaysian biodiesel mandate would add future domestic palm oil demand, but it is not yet approved, so the price impact is limited for now.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-03-07 | [Malaysia’s biodiesel production to rebound this year \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71877-malaysia-s-biodiesel-production-to-rebound-this-year-the-star.md) | -4.1% | -7.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-08-08 | [No decision yet to increase biodiesel content](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63405-no-decision-yet-to-increase-biodiesel-content.md) | -0.6% | +1.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-04-24 | [CPO prices to remain above RM4,500 per tonne on biodiesel expansion - MPOC \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19813-cpo-prices-to-remain-above-rm4-500-per-tonne-on-biodiesel-expansion-mpoc-the.md) | -0.0% | -1.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-08-07 | [Indonesia bets big on biodiesel to limit costs of oil imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63404-indonesia-bets-big-on-biodiesel-to-limit-costs-of-oil-imports.md) | +0.0% | +2.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-11-21 | [MPI and MoF in talks for biodiesel stabilisation fund \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55944-mpi-and-mof-in-talks-for-biodiesel-stabilisation-fund-borneo-post-online.md) | 0.0% | +9.3% |

## Sources

- malaysiakini.com: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/443204

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