In 2016, the volume of subsidized fuel oil (BBM) was only 16.2 million kiloliters (kl). This consisted of 15.5 million kl of diesel and 700,000 kl of kerosene. The subsidy for Premium gasoline was eliminated at the beginning of 2015. Meanwhile, the volume of subsidized fuel oil consumption in 2015 was 18 million kl, comprising 17.1 million kl of diesel and 900,000 kl of kerosene.
Starting in January 2015, the government eliminated fuel subsidies for Premium gasoline (RON 88), resulting in a significant decrease in the volume of subsidized fuel oil to 18 million kl, down from 46 million kl the previous year. The removal of the Premium gasoline subsidy caused a significant reduction of almost 60 percent in the energy subsidy budget at the start of President Joko Widodo's administration, falling to Rp 137.82 trillion in 2015 from Rp 341.8 trillion in 2014.
In the 2017 State Budget (APBN), the government allocated Rp 77.31 trillion for energy subsidies (fuel and electricity), an 18 percent decrease from the 2016 figure of Rp 94.36 trillion.
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