JAKARTA, July 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's most significant 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 could increase biodiesel consumption to up to 16 million kilolitres (KL) next year, the ministry said, from 13 million KL approximated to be consumed in 2024.

"We hope the trials could be ended up in December, so that full application of B40 could be performed in 2025," energy ministry senior official Eniya Listiani Dewi stated in a declaration on Tuesday.

The Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (APROBI) said the market had the capability to fulfill B40 need, with installed capacity anticipated to rise to 20 million KL each year next year from 18 million KL now.

"However we will need more raw products to fulfill B40 need," Ernest Gunawan, the secretary general of APROBI informed Reuters on Wednesday.

The biodiesel industry would need 13.9 million metric lots of crude palm oil to produce 16 million KL biodiesel next year, from the approximated 11 million lots required this year, he included.

Indonesia's most significant palm oil association GAPKI stated a decrease in exports implied there would be sufficient raw materials to provide the B40 required for now.

But the industry would need to examine "which one would be more valuable", GAPKI chairman Eddy Martono stated, referring to the a boost in exports would make supplying the domestic market less viable.

Indonesia's palm oil output is estimated to reach 54.4 million tons in 2024, a 2.26% increase from in 2015, while exports are expected to decrease by 2.47% to 29.5 million loads as domestic consumption rose, driven by biodiesel mandate.

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