Rabi oilseed area increases marginally : COOIT

Also estimates overall oilseed crop production for kharif and rabi season at 25.6 million tonne

Sharleen D'Souza Mumbai
Last Updated : Mar 18 2013 | 6:16 PM IST
The area, this rabi season, under oilseeds has witnessed a marginal increase of 2% to 90.94 lakh hectare owing to a rise in rapeseed acreage, according to Central Organization for Oil Industry and Trade.

COOIT also estimated the overall oilseed crop production for kharif and the rabi season at 25.6 million tonne compared to 26 million tonne last year.

Total vegetable oil availability from kharif and rabi oilseeds crops for the year 2012-13(Nov-Oct) is estimated to be tad up at 81.97 lakh tones compared to 81.52 lakh tones last year.

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The import of vegetable oil during 2012-13 oil year (Nov-Oct) is also likely to increase by about 500,000 to touch 700,000 tonne and is estimated in the range of 10.7 to 10.9 million tonnes from 10.1 million tonnes last year.

Rapeseed-mustard including toria production increased to 7.3 million tonne from 6 million tonne last year.
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First Published: Mar 18 2013 | 6:13 PM IST

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