Gaikindo: Automotive Industry Ready to Implement B50
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Automotive Industry Association (Gaikindo) has stated that the national automotive industry is ready to implement the use of the B50 biodiesel blend.
“The automotive industry is ready to implement B50, and the road test for B50 has been running smoothly and well,” said Gaikindo Chairman Putu Juli Ardika when contacted in Jakarta on Monday.
According to him, the automotive industry’s readiness is also supported by the sector’s continued development, with an increasingly strong manufacturing ecosystem.
Putu Juli said that vehicles produced in Indonesia have been exported globally, demonstrating the national automotive industry’s growing competitiveness in the global market.
Furthermore, he said that in expanding market opportunities, the national automotive industry demonstrated its competitiveness at the largest industrial exhibition in the Eurasia region, INNOPROM 2026, held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, from 6 to 9 July.
According to him, through the event, Indonesia opened up opportunities for cooperation with Eurasian countries, including in the supply of automotive components.
“The automotive industry ecosystem is running well. We are also offering components if needed, because we export a lot of components. So that would be very good for supporting the automotive industry and after-sales services in Eurasian countries,” he said.
He added that differences in vehicle specifications, such as steering wheel position, are not an obstacle for the Indonesian automotive industry in expanding export markets.
In his assessment, the national industry already has experience making adjustments according to the requirements of destination countries.
Previously, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita expressed confidence that Indonesia has strong potential to become a major player in the development of palm oil-based bioenergy through innovation, downstream processing, and international cooperation with Russia and countries in the Eurasia region.
“Through innovation, downstream processing, and international cooperation, we want to make the palm oil industry not only a driver of the national economy, but also part of the solution towards energy resilience and sustainable industrial development,” the Minister of Industry said in a statement confirmed from Jakarta on Saturday (11 July).
Meanwhile, on 7 July, Indonesia participated in a forum themed Palm Oil and the Future of Sustainable Energy at the INNOPROM 2026 event in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
As the world’s largest palm oil producer, Indonesia used the forum to demonstrate its industry’s readiness to support the global energy transition.
One of the strategic programmes introduced was the mandatory implementation of B50 biodiesel, which takes effect in July 2026.
In addition, Indonesia introduced various policies supporting the sustainability of the palm oil industry, ranging from the smallholder plantation rejuvenation programme, improvements in human resource capacity, to the development of biodiesel industry technology.