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This is what observers say about the potential for export of used cooking oil from Indonesia

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Published Jun 18, 2021

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Indonesia has the opportunity to optimize the export of used cooking oil or cooking oil abroad,

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Reporter: Dimas Andi | Editor: Handoyo . KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia has the opportunity to optimize the export of used cooking oil or cooking oil to foreign countries, especially Europe. This is in line with the high interest in Europe for these products as biodiesel raw materials. Previously, the Executive Director of the Indonesian Vegetable Oil Industry Association (GIMNI) Sahat Sinaga said, based on GIMNI's estimates, the amount of used cooking oil in Indonesia currently ranges from 18 to -22% of the total consumption of ordinary cooking oil. So, if the use of ordinary cooking oil is around 5.8 million tons per year, the volume of used cooking oil is around 1.1 million tons per year. Some of the used cooking oil is exported to various countries, including Europe. Unfortunately, GIMNI does not have data on the number of Indonesian used cooking oil exports. What is clear, exports are carried out in large volumes. The export of used cooking oil is carried out for the need ...
Source: Kontan
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