Noticias S

JAKARTA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia plans to expand sugarcane plantations and develop other feedstock sources to support its planned gasoline blend containing 20 percent bioethanol, known as the E20 program, Zulkifli Hasan, the country's coordinating minister for food affairs, said Tuesday. The government is seeking additional plantations because current sugarcane supplies are insufficient to meet the feedstock needs of the E20 program. Besides sugarcane, Indonesia is also considering cassava and other crops for ethanol production, Hasan said. The expansion is intended to ensure that ethanol production does not undermine domestic sugar supplies, he added. Indonesia aims to increase the use of domestically produced biofuels to reduce reliance on imported energy. ■ Source link

NAIROBI, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the East African Business Council (EABC), the region's apex private sector body, have signed the Africa Trade Gateway (ATG) Agency Agreement to accelerate regional trade, the two institutions said in a statement on Monday. The agreement, which was inked in Nairobi, connects regional enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises and major exporters, to the 300-million-strong East African Community Common Market and the broader African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market of 1.3 billion consumers through digital trade, according to the statement. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice-president of global trade bank at Afreximbank, noted in the statement that while trade is built on connections, i...

Tag: expand

Indonesia to expand sugarcane plantations for E20 bioethanol program-Xinhua

Afreximbank, EABC partner to expand digital trade access for East African businesses-Xinhua