据路透社11月26日吉隆坡报道，马来西亚周一表示，该国将从下个月开始逐步实施更高的生物柴油指令，新规定将从明年2月起全面生效，以提振棕榈油价格。
所谓的B10生物柴油计划将把当地生产商在运输中必须使用的生物柴油的最低生物含量从7%提高到10%，从而可能增加对棕榈油原料的需求。
基础产业部长Teresa Kok表示，B10计划将从12月1日起分阶段在交通部门实施，并从2月1日起强制实施，另一项针对工业部门的B7计划将于明年7月开始实施。
作为仅次于印尼的世界第二大棕榈油生产国，马来西亚最近遭受了植物油价格暴跌的打击。
由于高库存、产量上升和需求疲软，基准棕榈油价格上周跌至近3年低点。
Kok表示，B10计划将增加当地棕榈油的消费，并有助于减少库存。她说：“目前棕榈油价格低廉，现在正是实施扩大生物柴油计划的适当时机，这一更高的指令预计每年会消耗约76.1万吨棕榈油。”
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
Malaysia says to fully implement new biodiesel programme from Feb
Malaysia The so-called B10 biodiesel programme will raise the minimum bio-content that local producers must put in biodiesel to be used in transport to 10 percent from 7 percent, potentially boosting demand for palm oil as a feedstock.
Primary industries minister Teresa Kok said the B10 programme would be implemented for the transportation sector in phases beginning from Dec. 1, with mandatory implementation from Feb. 1. A B7 programme for the industrial sector will be implemented from July.
Malaysia, the world’s second biggest producer of palm oil after Indonesia, has taken a hit from a recent slump in the price of the vegetable oil.
Benchmark palm oil prices slumped to a near three-year low last week due to high inventories, rising production and sluggish demand.
Kok said the B10 programme would increase local consumption of crude palm oil and help reduce stocks.
“At the current low price of palm oil, now is the right time to implement the expanded biodiesel programme,” she said.
The higher mandate is expected to consume about 761,000 tonnes of palm oil annually, she said.
