India's palm oil imports fell 43.55 per cent year-on-year to 4.65 lakh tonne in July due to higher domestic stocks, industry body Solvent Extractors Association (SEA) said on Monday
Targets to raise domestic palm oil production three times to 1.1 mn tonnes by 2025-26
The slash in import duties on crude palm oil has been negated by price rise in global markets, stock holding limits on pulses are self-defeating, say industry players
Higher palm oil prices could weigh on Indian demand and may prompt the government to refrain from cutting import taxes further as the price rise highlighted the limitation of duty reduction
Indonesia's export levies have been at their highest level for five months in a row, according to trade officials.
Palm oil is affected by price movements in related oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market
India must attain self-sufficiency in edible oils
Lower imports by India, the world's biggest buyer of the edible oil, could limit a rally in benchmark Malaysian palm oil futures, which hit their highest level since 2008 on Thursday.
Edible oil imports fell to 1.07 million tonnes last month from about 1.32 million tonnes in December, The Star reported
State energy company PT Pertamina last month started trials on the so-called "green diesel" after conducting tests with jet fuel late last year
The producers of palm oil, grown primarily in Indonesia and Malaysia, are accused of clearing vast areas of biodiversity rich rainforests in Southeast Asia and exploiting migrant workers
The US said it will ban all shipments of palm oil from one of the world's biggest producers after finding indicators of forced labour and other abuses
The order was announced just three months after the federal government slapped the same ban on another Malaysian palm oil giant, FGV Holdings Berhad
The segment was a key driver of revenues and margins in the September quarter
Commodity inflation to hurt consumers and businesses. Property developers may hold price lines, but others may not
In 2019-20, India's palm oil imports fell 23.3% to 7.22 million tonnes
Refiners have been slashing palm oil imports for winter
FGV issued a statement over the weekend outlining its commitment to human rights, including steps it was taking to make sure its workers have access to their passports and wages
The country's soyoil imports in July surged 52 per cent from a year ago to 484,525 tonnes
India is heavily dependent on imported edible oils. Of the total 15 million tonnes of import, about 9 million tonnes (or nearly 60 per cent) is of palm oils