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A decrease in the import of palm oil and sunflower oil during the first eight months of the oil year 2024-25 (November-October) led to an overall decline of 8.78 per cent in edible oil imports.
Data compiled by the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) showed that India imported 92.08 lakh tonnes (lt) of edible oil during November-June of the oil year 2024-25 against 100.95 lt in the corresponding period of the oil year 2023-24.
India imported 42.85 lt of palm oil (including crude palm oil and RBD palmolein) during the first eight months of the oil year 2024-25 as against 57.63 lt in the corresponding period of 2023-24. Sunflower oil imports declined to 18.92 lt during the same period, from 24.63 lt a year ago.
India imported 30.30 lt of soyabean oil during the first eight months of the oil year 2024-25 against 18.68 lt in the corresponding period of 2024-24.
However, the import of palm oil increased to 9.55 lt in June 2025 against 5.92 lt in May 2025, and sunflower oil increased to 2.16 lt in June 2025 against 1.83 lt in May 2025.
A statement by SEA said that these import figures do not include the import of about 3.5-4 liters of refined edible oil from Nepal over the past six months. Read more.
Source: Online/OFA
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