“Such allegations [that Indonesian biodiesel production is subsidised] have been raised before and we can prove that there’s no subsidy involved. We’ll pass the request to the US for a review immediately after talking to producers,” he told reporters on Wednesday.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Tuesday its preliminary anti-dumping determination on biodiesel from Indonesia and Argentina.

Its preliminary investigation claims that Wilmar International Ltd has benefitted from a 41.06 per cent subsidy from the government, while PT Musim Mas received a 44.92 per cent subsidy and all other local producers 44.92 percent.

Producers in the country would, therefore, be required to pay a fee to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, based on those preliminary rates.