Millennium Post (Kolkata)

India’s palm oil imports rise 56.50% in March

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NEW DELHI: India’s import of palm oils rose 56.50 per cent to 5,26,463 tonne in March this year as refiners were discourage­d to import sunflower oil due to high prices, industry body Solvent Extractors Associatio­n (SEA) said on Wednesday.

India, the world’s leading vegetable oil buyer, had imported 3,36,392 tonne palm oils in March 2020.

The country’s total vegetable oil imports rose marginally to 9,80,243 tonne in March 2021, compared to 9,55,422 tonne in the year-ago period.

The share of palm oil is more than 60 per cent of the country’s total vegetable oil imports.

According to SEA, refiners purchased more palm oil during March due to the high prices of sunflower oil.

Among palm oil products, import of crude palm oil (CPO) rose to 5,06,533 tonne in March this year from 2,95,577 tonne in the year-ago period, as per the SEA data.

The shipment of crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) increased to 17,430 tonne from 9,965 tonne in the same period.

Whereas import of RBD palmolein declined to 2,500 tonne in March this year from 30,850 tonne a year ago.

Among soft oils, the import of sunflower oil declined to 1,46,970 tonne in March due to high prices as against 2,95,387 tonne in the same period last year. Similarly, the shipment of soybean declined marginally to 2,85,200 tonne from 2,92,996 tonne.

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