India imports more palm oil from Malaysia

India’s edible oil imports in December totalled more than 1.2 million tonnes, out of which 47% constituted palm oil.

NEW DELHI: India imported 422,383 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in December 2021, about 67% more than the 252,005 tonnes recorded in November.

The imports comprised 399,583 tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO), 10,000 tonnes of refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palmolein, and 12,800 tonnes of crude palm kernel oil, according to data from the trade group Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) yesterday.