Drop in Vegetable Oil Imports India’s vegetable oil imports have increased over the years. They rose from 14.42 MMT in 2014/15 (November-October) to 14.57 MMT in 2015/16 and 15.07 MMT (approx. 1.25 MT/month) in 2016/17. In 2017/18, though, overall imports are down. According to data from the Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), the total was 11.91 MMT (1.192 MMT/month) for the period of November 2017-August 2018, a drop of 4.18 percent from 12.44 MMT the year before. imports of palmolein and soyoil have declined the most with a small downward trend in those of rapeseed oil. However, sunflower oil imports have increased slightly.If the same pace (1.192 MMT/month) continues for the next two months, the total for the ent...
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What You Need to Know Today: Wholesale inflation was flat in July, with the Producer Price Index (PPI) unchanged versus expectations for a 0.2 percent increase. Core PPI rose 0.2 percent, also below expectations. The softer inflation data has reduced the odds of a September interest rate incre...
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