# Palm Oil News - The Reasons Why PFMA Focuses to Biodiesel

> Indonesia's Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency directs 90% of its funds to narrowing the price gap between biodiesel and fossil diesel. Its stated aim is to build a domestic biodiesel market through the mandatory blending program, which has historically fallen short of its targets.

- Date: 2017-06-17 · published 2017-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70370-palm-oil-news-the-reasons-why-pfma-focuses-to-biodiesel
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Sustained domestic biodiesel mandates absorb palm oil that would otherwise be exported, which supports palm oil prices if the program is enforced.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- en.infosawit.com: https://en.infosawit.com/news/5810/the-reasons-why-pfma-focuses-to-biodiesel

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