JAKARTA, July 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil manufacturer, is evaluating fuel with a view to increasing to 40% from 35% the share of palm-oil combined into biodiesel next year, the energy ministry said.

If implemented, the B40 required might increase biodiesel consumption to as much as 16 million kilolitres (KL) next year, the ministry stated, from 13 million KL approximated to be consumed in 2024.

"We hope the trials might be finished in December, so that full execution of B40 could be brought out in 2025,” energy ministry senior main Eniya Listiani Dewi said in a declaration on Tuesday.

The Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (APROBI) stated the market had the capacity to meet B40 demand, with installed capability expected to rise to 20 million KL each year next year from 18 million KL now.

"However we will need more basic materials to meet B40 demand,” Ernest Gunawan, the secretary general of APROBI informed Reuters on Wednesday.

The biodiesel market would need 13.9 million metric lots of unrefined palm oil to produce 16 million KL biodiesel next year, from the approximated 11 million loads required this year, he added.

Indonesia's greatest palm oil association GAPKI said a decrease in exports implied there would suffice raw to supply the B40 required in the meantime.

But the industry would need to evaluate “which one would be better”, GAPKI chairman Eddy Martono stated, referring to the possibility a boost in exports would make providing the domestic market less viable.

Indonesia's palm oil output is estimated to reach 54.4 million lots in 2024, a 2.26% boost from in 2015, while exports are anticipated to decrease by 2.47% to 29.5 million lots as domestic usage rose, driven by biodiesel required.

The ministry had actually evaluated the biodiesel, blended with 40% of palm oil, on a train for the very first time previously today, while planning to test the B40 mix on agriculture equipment, power plants and in the shipping market, it stated. (Reporting by Bernadette Christina and Dewi Kurniawati