India’s oilmeal exports decline 42% in January 2026: SEA

19 Feb 2026 Evaluate

Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) has said that India’s oilmeal exports declined 42.50% year-on-year to 2,60,123 tonne in January 2026 as compared to 4,52,352 tonne in January 2025 as shipments of soyabean meal and rapeseed meal plunged. Oilmeals are used as animal feed. 

Export of soyabean meal decreased 53.74% to 132,440 tonne in January 2026 from 286,287 tonne a year earlier. Groundnut meal exports also slipped to 1,067 tonne in January 2026 from 2,636 tonne in January 2025. Meanwhile, during April-January 2025-26, oilmeal exports fell to 3.2 million tonne from 3.6 million tonne in the same period a year ago.

Export of rapeseed meal stood at 64,782 tonne in January 2026 as against 131,641 tonne in January 2025, a fall of 50.79%. SEA attributed the rapeseed meal decline to reduced crushing activity as processors waited for fresh crop supplies expected in February and March. 

Indian rapeseed meal was quoted at Rs 20,300 per tonne at Kandla, up from Rs 18,500 in November-December 2025, though below the January peak of Rs 21,617. In dollar terms, Indian rapeseed meal was priced at $235 per tonne at Kandla, compared with $276 per tonne for European Union-origin meal at Hamburg. China, South Korea, Bangladesh and Germany are the main buyers of Indian oilmeals.

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