India imported 312,267 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in December 2022 while its overall global edible oil imports during the month topped 1.5 million tonnes.
The volumes from Malaysia were made up of 257,525 tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO), 46,743 tonnes of refined, bleached, and deodorised (RBD) palm olein, and 7,999 tonnes of crude palm kernel oil (CPKO).
Palm oil’s share in India’s total December edible oil imports of 1.55 million tonnes was 71 percent, according to monthly data released today by the Mumbai-based Solvent Extractors’ Association of India.
In November 2022, India imported 318,825 tonnes of Malaysian palm oil, including 283,425 tonnes of CPO and 29,900 tonnes of RBD palm olein.
