There would be enough crude coconut oil to support the the Energy Department's new policy to increase the mandated minimum blend for biodiesel to 5 percent starting this year and 10 percent by 2015, The CIIF-Oil Mills Group (CIIF-OMG) said Thursday.
“A 5-percent blend would only require 350,000 metric tons of crude coconut oil, or just 23 percent of the current annual production capacity in the country," CIIF Group president and CEO Jesus L. Arranza told reporters in an interview.
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