The country’s soyameal export stood at 180,987 tonne in June, as per the data received from the Soyabean Processors Association of India (SOPA). This is a rise of 53.90% compared to an export of 117,596 tonne of soyameal in June 2011.
The shipments of soyameal in the first quarter of the current financial year (April, 2012 to June, 2012) stood at 655,868 tonne as compared to 597,971 tonne in the same period last year, a rise of 9.68%.
However, for 9 month period, starting form October 2011 to June 2012 - soyameal exports fell by 4.28% to 34,41,699 tonne compared to 35,95,818 tonne in the same period of the previous oil year.
Further, soyabean which is used as animal feed, is estimated to have harvested in 12.23 million tonne of in the 2011-12 crop year (July - June), as per the government data.