The imports of palm oil fell by 8.27% to 8,01,311 tonnes in November this year. As per information provided by industry body Solvent Extractors Association (SEA), the drop in import is on expectation of bumper oilseeds crop and better domestic edible oils supply. The currency crunch due to demonetisation has slow down the purchases by end consumers which has also affected the demand and import to some extent. India, the world’s leading vegetable oil buyer, had imported 8,73,592 tonnes palm oil in November 2015. The total vegetable oil imports fell by 12% to 11.75 lakh tonnes (LT) in November this year, from 13.37 LT in the year-earlier period.
Among palm oil products, import of RBD palmolein rose to 2,40,948 tonnes in November 2016, from 2,31,672 tonnes in the year-ago period. The shipments of CPO, however, fell to 5,57,364 tonnes in November, from 6,27,404 tonnes in the year-ago period, and the import of crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) too dropped to 2,999 tonnes, from 14,516 tonnes in the said period.
Among soft oils, import of soyabean oil declined to 1,64,286 tonnes in November from 2,56,836 tonnes in the year-ago period, while sunflower oil and rapeseed oil shipments stood at 1,58,071 tonnes and 32,195 tonnes, respectively, in the said period.
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