Data Check: Gibran Claims B35 and B40 Production Reduces Fuel Imports, Is It True?
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Vice Presidential Candidate number two, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, stated that the production of B35 and B40 biodiesel has reduced Indonesia's oil imports.
He made this statement during the fourth series of the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate themed "Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Environment, Energy, Food, Agrarian, Indigenous Communities and Villages" at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, on Sunday (21/1/2024).
In the panelists' question session, Gibran was asked about the mainstreaming of equitable low-carbon development.
He said, "We can no longer rely on fossil fuel emissions, but also using biodiesel, B35 and B40 have proven to reduce the value of our oil imports."
Since 2016, Indonesia has been using 20% biodiesel in subsidized diesel fuel, known as B20. Then in 2020, the biodiesel blend was increased to 30% (B30), and further increased to 35% (B35) on August 1, 2023.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), during this period the volume of oil imports has tended to decrease, although it has fluctuated.
In 2016, the total volume of imported crude oil and its products reached 48.3 million tons. Then in 2017, the import volume increased; it decreased from 2018 to 2020, and increased again starting in 2021.
In 2022, the volume of imported crude oil and its products reached 47.74 million tons, only slightly lower than the 2016 level when the B20 policy was first implemented.
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