Vegetable oil imports up 21% in June

In the month of June, vegetable oil (edible and non-edible oil) import stood at 9,47,591 tonne compared to 7,83,315 tonne in the corresponding period last year, up by 21% due to stagnant domestic output and increase in demand has caused imports to move up.

Edible vegetable oils imports stood at  9,11,091 tonnes while non-edible oils stood at 36,500 tonnes.

Over all vegetable oil imports from November to June stood at  7.1 million tonnes compared to  6.4 tonnes in the same period last year, up by 11.7%.