Higher imports by India, the world's biggest palm oil buyer, would help top producer Indonesia cut its inventories and support benchmark Malaysian palm oil prices
Leading FMCG companies say they are keeping a close watch on prices of major commodities, which have fallen in case of some items like palm oil, but the decline has not been "secular and broad-based". While prices of palm oil have eased and sugar is stable, FMCG firms pointed out that rates of some other major items including wheat are still firm and hence they would wait and watch before taking any call on reducing the price. Softening of commodities prices will help the FMCG firms in improving their profit margins and also some elbow room to pass on the benefits to consumers by lowering the MRP (maximum retail price) of their products. Nestl India Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said the company is watching the situation. However, he said softening in commodity prices is not secular and broad-based. "We will watch the situation and evaluate our next step. The price decline in commodities is not secular and broad-based," Narayanan told PTI on the sidelines of an ev
The association has argued that a 15 per cent duty difference would help reduce refined palmolein imports and replace the same with crude palm oil imports
The country's palm oil imports in the marketing year ended on Oct. 31 fell to 7.9 million tonnes
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India has slashed the base import prices of crude and refined palm oil, crude soya oil and gold, the government said in a statement late on Friday, as prices corrected in the world market
Higher palm oil imports would lift India's total edible oil imports to 14.1 million tonnes in 2022/23 from 13.8 million tonnes, the survey showed
Indonesian palm oil producers are whittling down their hefty inventory overhang with discounts versus rivals and aggressive sales to India, industry officials said
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India is committed to importing 2.6 million tonnes of palm oil products worth $3.16 billion, Indonesia's trade minister said in a statement on Tuesday
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Though there has been an increase in acreage and production of these items, there hasn't been a big reduction in paddy and wheat acreage
It will also help Indonesia to reduce stockpiles that swelled after its export ban earlier this year and pressured local prices lower and squeezed farmer's incomes.
Decision arrived at today during a meeting between industry players & officials
India, the world's leading vegetable oil buyer, imported 7,69,602 tonnes of palm oils in May 2021
Manufacturers, who make up nearly one-fourth of the economy, fear losing customers to other countries as growth picks up
Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, on April 28 halted exports of the oil, which it uses for cooking, in efforts to control soaring prices at home
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's palm oil imports could drop by nearly a fifth as now cheaper soyoil takes more market share, following Indonesia's curbs on palm oil exports and New Delhi allowing duty-free imports of soyoil, dealers said.
Malaysia aims to fill the gap in the edible oil market caused by the Ukraine war, as well Indonesia's export curbs on palm oil.
The rupee's free fall comes at a time when FMCG and paint companies have been battling higher raw material costs for over a year, and have been forced to go for multiple rounds of price hikes