Indonesia approves increase in Pertalite fuel quota
The additional volume has yet to be disclosed, but the government says funding is available for the subsidised fuel allocation.
Indonesia will raise its quota for subsidised Pertalite petrol, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said in Jakarta on 9 November 2026. He confirmed that the increase had been approved but did not specify how much additional fuel would be allocated.
Airlangga said the government had funding available for the increase, while the volume still needed to be checked. The 2026 state budget set the allocation for Pertalite, a RON 90 fuel, at 29.27 million kilolitres.
Bahlil Lahadalia had earlier said the government was recalculating how much Pertalite would be needed through the end of the year. He attributed increased consumption partly to motorists switching from non-subsidised Pertamax Series fuels to Pertalite.
Bahlil said technical calculations for the additional allocation would be completed by the end of November. He said some users had moved from RON 92 to RON 90 petrol and that the shift would require an adjustment to the quota.
