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India's edible oil imports fall 8% to 14.81 lakh tonnes in July

14 Aug 2026 Evaluate

The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) has said that India's edible oil imports fell 8.35 per cent to 14.81 lakh tonnes in July 2026 as compared to imports of 16.16 lakh tonnes in the same month last year. As per the data, vegetable oil (edible and non-edible) imports declined by 7.36 per cent year-on-year to 15.25 lakh tonnes in July 2026, compared with 16.48 lakh tonnes imported in the same month last year.

In the first nine months of the 2025-26 oil year (November 2025 to July 2026), the vegetable oil (edible + non-edible) imports stood at 121.50 lakh tonnes, compared with 116.03 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the preceding marketing year. During the same period, the total edible oil imports rose 5.09 per cent to 119.23 lakh tonnes from 113.46 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous oil year.

In the import basket, SEA said the ratio of refined oils sharply decreased to 4 per cent from 14 per cent, while crude oil ratio increased to 96 per cent from 86 per cent due to the rise in import of crude palm oil. India imports palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia, while the country buys soyabean oil from Argentina and Brazil. Around 60 per cent of the domestic edible oil demand is met through imports.

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