India's August palm oil imports surge 16% to 13-month high ahead of festive seasonHigher imports of palm oil and soyoil lifted India's total edible oil imports in August by 3.6% to 1.6 million tons from a month earlier, t...
02 Sep, 2025, 12.25 PM IST
Chinese rapeseed meal futures rise after tariffs on some Canadian importsZhengzhou rapeseed meal futures surged 6% after China imposed heavy tariffs on Canadian rapeseed oil and other farm products. Although pric...
10 Mar, 2025, 08.35 AM IST
Edible oil industry writes to govt seeking lower import duty on canola oilThe industry said it wanted to shore up the availability of edible oils and keep a check on prices and that was possible only if the import...
28 Apr, 2022, 11.31 AM IST
Global edible oil markets simmer after shock Indonesia banGlobal palm oil production slumped in 2020 and 2021 due to a drop in migrant labour on plantations across Southeast Asia, which led to redu...
25 Apr, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
India's palm oil imports fall 14% in Aug: SEAThe fall in imports of RBD Palmolein is helping the domestic industry to utilise the higher capacity, it said in a statement.
11 Sep, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
Canada to explore canola oil export opportunities to IndiaAccording to the Canola Council of Canada, canola generates one quarter of all farm cash receipts. Canada exports more than 90% of its cano...
18 Feb, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
India cuts duty on refined, crude palm oil from AseanThe duty on crude palm oil was lowered to 40 percent from 44 percent.
02 Jan, 2019, 10.25 AM IST
Edible oil trade wants higher import dutyThe duty on two major edible oils, namely crude sunflower seed oil is only 25 per cent.
12 Apr, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
Veg oil imports dip 9% in February15 Mar, 2018, 08.26 PM IST
Edible oils costly, but no benefit for farmersConsumers will have to pay 5-6% more for edible oils following the increase in import duty.
20 Nov, 2017, 09.00 AM IST
India increases import duties on edible oils as domestic prices of Oilseeds plunged below MSPAs the prices of all oilseeds fell below MSP and a sense of deep distress and despondency was setting in the minds of the farmers.
18 Nov, 2017, 01.08 PM IST
Industry demands reduction in duty on high oil-content oilseedsThe Association has maintained that this move will not affect the farmers adversely as they are protected by the minimum support price.
21 Dec, 2015, 01.49 PM IST
Scant respect for the essential goal of regulationIn food, this goal has given way to arbitrary assertion of the civil servant’s power to cause damage. This is not acceptable.
04 Sep, 2014, 05.37 AM IST
Bombay High Court issues notices to FSSAI on Canola Oil labelling rowThe Bombay HC has asked FSSAI to espond by Sep 1 on whether they should insist on labelling Canola Oil as "Rapeseed Oil-low erucic acid".
15 Aug, 2014, 01.21 PM IST
FSSAI order on labelling puts Canola oil importers in a fixThe authority has insisted that the every container of Canola oil must be labelled "imported rapeseed-low erucic acid oil".
08 Aug, 2014, 02.10 PM IST
- Vegetable oils import up by 31% between Nov 2011 and April 2012
The import of vegetable oils during April 2012 is reported at 925,334 tons compared to 475,123 tons in April 2011, according to Solvent Ext...
11 May, 2012, 03.05 PM IST
- Jivo to invest Rs 45 cr for setting up plant in Punjab
Canola oil importer Jivo Wellness said it will set up a crushing-cum-refining facility at Sangrur in Punjab within a year with an outlay of...
14 Sep, 2010, 08.31 PM IST