# Malaysia’s biodiesel production to rebound this year | The Star

> Malaysia expects to produce 800,000 to 900,000 tonnes of biodiesel in 2017 from 500,000 tonnes last year, assuming the government implements the B10 mandate this year. Indonesia's output is forecast to rise to 3.5 million tonnes from 3 million. Without B10, output would stay near 500,000 to 600,000 tonnes.

- Date: 2017-03-07 · published 2017-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71877-malaysia-s-biodiesel-production-to-rebound-this-year-the-star
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Biodiesel mandate implementation is a key source of palm oil demand, so B10 approval would support palm prices while its absence would leave demand weaker.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-10-16 | [Malaysia’s biodiesel output, exports set to hit records  \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62407-malaysia-s-biodiesel-output-exports-set-to-hit-records-the-star.md) | +1.1% | -6.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-03-08 | [Malaysian Biodiesel Association - Higher biodiesel production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71876-malaysian-biodiesel-association-higher-biodiesel-production.md) | -2.6% | -7.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-03-12 | [Indonesian biodiesel production seen jumping to 3.5 million tons this year  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65877-indonesian-biodiesel-production-seen-jumping-to-3-5-million-tons-this-year-the.md) | +1.1% | +4.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-26 | [Malaysia's biodiesel group opposes reduction of biofuel mandate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15828-malaysia-s-biodiesel-group-opposes-reduction-of-biofuel-mandate.md) | +10.6% | -0.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-06-09 | [Indonesia pushes biodiesel production costs down 20%  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52488-indonesia-pushes-biodiesel-production-costs-down-20-the-daily-digest.md) | -1.1% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- thestar.com.my: https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/03/07/malaysias-biodiesel-production-to-rebound-this-year/

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