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Regulations
This section covers regulations related to gasoline, including quality specifications, taxes and subsidies (if any), alternative gasoline mandates, and fuel labels at refueling stations.
Quality specifications
Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources regulates the quality of diesel and bio-based diesel sold on the domestic market.
Conventional diesel
Conventional diesel is defined as diesel containing up to 7% v/v biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester/FAME). This section covers the quality specifications conventional diesel fuel for on- and off-road applications in Indonesia.
On-road diesel
Compared with other major countries in Southeast Asia, Indonesia has been very slow in upgrading its on-road diesel specifications.
At the end of January 2025, Indonesia’s national oil