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Palm oil imports slump 27 pc, lowest in three months: Trade body

India’s palm oil imports in September fell 27% on-year to their lowest in three months, due to lean demand from hotels and restaurants, while soyoil purchases jumped 28% in the month on higher household demand, a leading trade body said on Friday.

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Updated:17th Oct, 2020 at 1:11 AM

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The south Asian country is the world’s biggest importer of edible oils, and lower purchases of palm oil could weigh on Malaysian palm oil prices. Higher soyoil imports could support US soyoil prices. The country imported 643,994 tonnes of palm oil in September, down from 879,947 last year, the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) said in a statement.

India’s soyoil imports last month stood at 316,232 tonnes, while sunflower oil imports plunged 47% to 66,783 tonnes from a year-ago period, it said. India buys palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, and other oils, such as soyoil and sunflower oil, from Argentina, Brazil, Ukraine and Russia.

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Palm oil imports slump 27 pc, lowest in three months: Trade body

India’s palm oil imports in September fell 27% on-year to their lowest in three months, due to lean demand from hotels and restaurants, while soyoil purchases jumped 28% in the month on higher household demand, a leading trade body said on Friday.

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