India's import of edible oils stands around 142 lakh tonnes during 2021-22 marketing year

14 Aug 2023 Evaluate

The government has said India's import of edible oils increased to 141.93 lakh tonnes during the 2021-22 marketing year ended October from 43.65 lakh tonnes in 2002-03. Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said ‘The domestic production of edible oilseeds increased marginally. However, domestic consumption/demand for edible oils has been increasing at a pace faster than that of production due to growth in population and improvement in the living standards of people i.e. around 10 lakh tonnes per annum’.

Therefore, the minister said that the domestic production of edible oils is insufficient to meet the demand and the shortfall, which is around 55 per cent at present, is met through imports. During 2021-22, domestic edible oil production stood at 116.5 lakh tonnes. The total consumption/ demand was 258.43 lakh tonnes. India imports edible oils mainly from Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Separately, Jyoti said the total stock of rice in the central pool as on July 1, 2023 stood at 253.49 lakh tonnes against buffer stock norms of 135.40 lakh tonnes, which is adequate to meet the domestic requirement under the Public Distribution System (PDS) and other welfare schemes.


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