India's vegetable oil imports surge 51% in September on higher crude palm oil shipmentsSeptember marked a dramatic 51 percent increase in India's vegetable oil imports, largely propelled by a surge in crude palm oil deliveries...
15 Oct, 2025, 04.46 PM IST
India’s edible oil imports fall 16% in July to 15.48 lakh tonnes on lower shipmentsIndia's edible oil imports experienced a 16% decline in July, totaling 15.48 lakh tonnes, primarily due to reduced palm oil shipments. A si...
14 Aug, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
Edible oil industry body demands hike in import duty of refined palm oil to protect local industrySolvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) urges the government to increase import duty on refined palm oil. They want the duty to go u...
25 Apr, 2025, 08.57 PM IST
Edible oils import up 34pc to 15.29 lakh tonne in Nov; crude palm oil shipment at record highAs per the data, imports of vegetable oils rose 32 per cent in November 2022 to 15,45,540 tonne from 11,73,747 tonne in the same month last...
14 Dec, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
India allots import licences for 1.1 mn tonnes of refined palmolein from Indonesia: SourcesIndia put refined palm oil and palmolein on the list of restricted items on Jan. 8, a move sources said was retaliation against top supplie...
20 Feb, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
Edible oil industry body demands cap on import of refined palm oilThe Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) also asked the government to restrict issue of licence for import of palm oil and refined...
14 Jan, 2020, 06.14 PM IST
Edible oil industry body demands cap on import of refined palm oilIndonesia and Malaysia are the two countries which supply palm oil.
14 Jan, 2020, 06.14 PM IST
Malaysian palmolein floods Indian marketsIndia consumes around 23 million tonnes of vegetable oils every year.
12 Jun, 2019, 08.21 AM IST
MCX commences futures trading in RBD palmoleinThe exchange has currently launched May, June, and July 2017 contracts in RBD Palmolein, with 10 MT as the trading unit and Kandla (Gujarat...
05 Apr, 2017, 03.06 PM IST
Solvent Extractors' Association of India seeks higher import duty on refined oilSEA pitched for raising import duty on refined palmolein oil in order to discourage its cheap import and safeguard the interest of domestic...
27 Dec, 2013, 05.56 PM IST
- Vegetable oil import up 2pc in May on record RBD palmolein shipments
Vegetable oils import rose by 2 per cent in May to 9.17 lakh tonnes as the country's refined palmolein import surged to an all-time high du...
13 Jun, 2013, 08.59 PM IST
- SEA seeks rise in import duty structure on vegetable oils
SEA, a body of edible oil industry has sought a rise in import duty of Refined Palmolein Oil, to protect the domestic refining industry.
05 Feb, 2013, 01.26 PM IST
- Govt raises tariff value of refined palm oil to USD 1,053/ton
The government has increased the tariff value of refined palm oil to USD 1,053 per tonne from the earlier USD 484 in a bid to curb rising i...
01 Aug, 2012, 03.37 PM IST
- Government defreezes import tariff on refined palm, links it to global rates
The unshackling of the import tariff value is aimed to curb higher import of refined oil and protect the domestic industry.
20 Jul, 2012, 11.45 AM IST
- Government favours defreeze of import tariff value of RBD palmolein
Food Ministry has moved a proposal before CCEA to consider defreezing of the import tariff value of refined cooking oil RBD palmolein.
26 Jun, 2012, 02.49 PM IST
- MMTC invites bids for import of 21,000 tonnes of RBD palmolein
State-owned trading firm MMTC has invited global bids for the import of 21,000 tonnes of RBD palmolein for sale in the domestic market.
02 May, 2012, 07.17 PM IST
- Domestic edible oil industry urges govt to hike the import duty on RBD palmolein to 16.5%
Earlier this week, the body had met food and consumer affairs minister K V Thomas to impress the gravity of the issue upon him.
20 Sep, 2011, 04.47 PM IST