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India September vegetable oil imports down 6.7% YoY at 1.58 million tonnes, says SEA
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--SEA: India Oct 1 edible oil stocks at ports 1.24 mln tn vs 1.03 mln tn yr ago
--SEA: India Oct 1 edible oil stock in pipeline 836,000 tn vs 956,000 tn yr ago
--SEA: India Nov-Sept edible oil imports 15.2 mln tn vs 14.7 mln tn yr ago
--SEA: India Nov-Sept veg oil imports 15.46 mln tn vs 15.03 mln tn year ago
--SEA: India Nov-Sept RBD palmolein imports 96,811 tn vs 1.02 mln tn yr ago
--SEA: India Nov-Sept sunflower oil imports 2.59 mln tn vs 2.62 mln tn yr ago
--SEA: India Nov-Sept crude palm oil imports 7.23 mln tn vs 5.91 mln tn yr ago
--SEA: India Nov-Sept crude soyoil imports 4.6 mln tn vs 4.4 mln yr ago
--SEA: India Sept crude sunflower oil imports 104,984 tn vs 272,386 tn yr ago
--SEA: India Sept crude palm oil imports 809,972 tn vs 824,761 tn yr ago
--SEA: India Sept RBD palmolein imports 2,905 tn vs 4,000 tn yr ago
--SEA: India Sept crude soyoil imports 540,626 tn vs 503,240 tn yr ago
--SEA: India Sept vegetable oil imports 1.58 mln tn vs 1.69 mln tn yr ago
--SEA: India Sept edible oil imports 1.54 mln tn vs 1.66 mln tn yr ago
MUMBAI – India's vegetable oil imports, comprising edible and non-edible oils, declined 6.7% on year to 1.58 million tonnes in September. Despite the decline, cumulative vegetable oil imports in Nov-Sept rose 2.9% to 15.46 million tonnes from 15.03 million tonnes a year ago, The Solvent Extractors' Association of India said in a release Thursday.
Nepal exported 682,452 tonnes of refined edible oils to India during Nov–Sept, mainly soybean oil, which accounted for 605,896 tonnes. Nepal imports crude soybean oil and smaller quantities of crude sunflower oil and crude palm oil, refines them, and exports the refined products to India, benefiting from zero import duty under the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement, SEA said.
India's total edible oil stocks at various ports stood at 1.24 million tonnes while pipeline stocks at factories, depots, distributors, and retail outlets were estimated at 836,000 tonnes. The total stocks thus rose by 29,000 tonnes on month to 2.07 million tonnes as of Oct. 1.
During Nov–Sept, refined oil imports declined sharply to 740,441 tonnes from 1.69 million tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year, with their share in total edible oil imports falling to 5% from 12?rlier. The decline was primarily due to negligible imports of refined palmolein from Indonesia and Malaysia.
Prices of most edible oils registered a year-on-year rise in September. Prices of crude palm oil rose over 10% on year in September, those of soyoil rose 11%, and sunflower oil nearly 11% on year, SEA said. Meanwhile, the exchange rate also changed from INR 88.32 to INR 95.51 per US dollar, representing a depreciation of the rupee by about 8.1%.
The following table details edible oil imports in September and Nov-Sept, in tonnes, compared with year-ago levels, with the change in percentage, according to data from the SEA:
| Edible Oil | Sept '26 | Sept '25 | Change (in %) | Nov-Sept 2026 | Nov-Sept 2025 | Change (in %) |
| Crude Palm Oil | 809,972 | 824,761 | -1.8 | 7,232,122 | 5,914,060 | 22.28 |
| RBD Palmolein | 2,905 | 4,000 | -27.38 | 96,811 | 1,015,259 | -90.46 |
| Crude Soyoil | 540,626 | 503,240 | 7.43 | 4,570,189 | 4,393,986 | 4.01 |
| Crude Sunflower Oil | 104,984 | 272,386 | -61.46 | 2,586,349 | 2,622,001 | -1.36 |
| Total Edible Oils | 1,544,447 | 1,658,553 | -6.88 | 15,164,380 | 14,683,200 | 3.28 |
| Total Vegetable Oils |
1,579,643 |
1,693,653 |
-6.73 | 15,463,812 | 15,031,123 | 2.88 |
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Reported by Khushi Singh
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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