India's oilmeals exports decline 36% in FY22: SEA

20 Apr 2022 Evaluate

The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) in its latest data has showed that India's oilmeals exports declined 36 per cent to 23,73,744 tonnes in the last fiscal (FY22) compared to 36,89,483 tonnes in the 2020-21 financial year. In value terms, the shipments were down 37 per cent to Rs 5,600 crore from Rs 8,866 crore in the previous year. As per the data, the export of oilmeals at 2,42,043 tonnes fell 25 per cent in March, 2022 compared to 3,22,850 tonnes in March 2021.

The exports declined in the last fiscal due to lesser overseas shipment of soybean meal, which plunged to 3,72,740 tonnes in the 2021-22 fiscal from a whopping 15,64,833 tonnes a year ago. It said soybean ‘crush margins in India are currently squeezed by pressure on meal prices and relatively high price expectation of farmers for soybean seed which is currently quoted over Rs 7,600 per quintal’. At present, Indian soybean meal is over-priced for exports as the rate quoted at Kandla port is at $840 per tonne in comparison to $574 and $586 for each tonne of shipments originating from Brazil and Argentina, respectively.

SEA said ‘India is unlikely to be competitive for export in near future due to high price of domestic soybean seed. Crushing of soybean is low as farmers are holding stock in anticipation of higher prices as seen by them in last year. This is also pushing higher import of crude soybean oil in to India.’ In case of rapeseed meal, the exports during 2021-22 fell to 866,407 tonnes from 11,13,021 tonnes in 2020-21 as South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh bought lesser quantity from India.

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