# Danang : UE Longgarkan Aturan Hapus Biodiesel Sawit, Bagi RI itu Tetap Upaya Diskriminatif! - Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (GAPKI)

> GAPKI's executive director said the EU's decision to delay its palm oil biodiesel phase-out to 2030 is still discriminatory because it singles out palm oil versus other vegetable oils. Indonesian producers are preparing to respond to the EU policy.

- Date: 2018-06-20 · published 2018-06-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64409-danang-ue-longgarkan-aturan-hapus-biodiesel-sawit-bagi-ri-itu-tetap-upaya
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The EU phase-out keeps long-term demand risk for palm oil in biodiesel, which weighs on palm prices, while rapeseed and soybean oil may gain share in EU biofuel.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- gapki.id: https://gapki.id/news/2018/06/20/danang-ue-longgarkan-aturan-hapus-biodiesel-sawit-bagi-ri-itu-tetap-upaya-diskriminatif/

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