Imports of vegetable oil fall 10.5% to 11,12,478 lakh tonnes in February

16 Mar 2020 Evaluate

The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) in its latest report has showed that imports of vegetable oil came down by 10.5% to 11,12,478 lakh tonnes in February 2020, as compared to 12,42,533 tonnes in February 2019, mainly due to lower shipments of refined palm oil. Out of total vegetable oil imports last month, 10,89,661 tonnes was edible oil, while 22,817 tonnes was non-edible oil.

According to the data, the overall import of vegetable oil during November 2019 to February 2020 fell 6.1% to 45,63,791 tonnes compared to 48,62,849 tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year. Oil year runs from November to October.

SEA said that in view of placing RBD Palmolein under restricted list with effect from January 8, 2020, its import has drastically reduced in February 2020 at 33,677 tonnes. It added that import of crude sunflower and crude soyabean oil sharply increased as spread between palm oil and soft oils reduced to nearly $75 to 80 per tonne, encouraging larger import of soft oils.

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