India's Palm oil imports rise 74% in May 2024

13 Jun 2024 Evaluate

The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) in its latest report said that India's Palm oil imports increased 73.80% to 7,63,300 tonne in May 2024 from 4,39,173 tonne in the year-ago period.  According to report, including non-edible oils, overall vegetable oil imports rose 44.56% in May to 15,29,804 tonne compared to 10,58,263 tonne a year ago. Palm oil constitutes a major part of imports.

Crude palm oil (CPO) imports rose to 5,32,555 tonne in May this year from 3,48,118 tonne in the year-ago period, while RBD Palmolein imports surged to 2,25,746 tonne in May 2024 from 85,205 tonne in May 2023. However, Crude Palm Kernel Oil (CPKO) imports fell to 4,999 tonne in May 2024 from 5,850 tonne a year earlier. Sunflower oil imports climbed to 4,10,727 tonne in May 2024 from 2,95,206 tonne in May 2023, and soybean oil rose to 3,24,016 tonne in May 2024 from 3,18,887 tonne in May 2023.

For the first seven months of the 2023-24 marketing year started on November 1, Palm oil imports fell to 49,77,233 tonne from 53,48,396 tonne in the year-ago period. As of June 1, India's edible oil stocks stood at 6,68,000 tonne. 

Global edible oil prices surged last month due to supply disruptions in major exporters like Argentina, Brazil, Russia, and Ukraine. Indonesia and Malaysia are the major suppliers of refined palmolein and CPO to India, which mainly imports soy oil from Argentina and Brazil, and sunoil from Russia, Romania, Ukraine and Argentina.

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