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Disclaimer: Figures are as published by the Solvent Extractors' Association of India and may be revised. For education and research only. Use at your own risk. Not financial advice.

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India Vegetable Oil Imports

India is the world's largest buyer of palm oil, and it switches between palm, soybean and sunflower oil on price. The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) publishes official monthly import figures around the middle of the next month. This page shows how much of each oil India bought and palm's share, the number palm oil traders watch.

By oil, month by month

Thousand tonnes of edible oil imports. Soybean and sunflower are crude and refined together, including refined oil from Nepal.

Imports by oil

Palm oilSoybean oilSunflower oil

Palm oil's share of edible oil imports, %

Palm share50%

Oil year to date

India's oil year runs November to October.

Thousand tonnesThis oil yearSame months last yearChange

SEA also reported edible oil stocks at ports and in the pipeline of 2.07 million tonnes on 1 October 2026, up 29,000 tonnes from a month earlier.

Every month

Tonnes, newest first.

MonthPalm oilSoybean oilSunflower oilRapeseed and othersTotal ediblePalm share

Sources and method

Data: SEA monthly import circulars, table "Import of Palm Oil & Soft Oil": EC-170, 13 Nov 2025 (Nov 2024–Oct 2025, revised to include imports from Nepal) and EC-162, 15 Oct 2026 (Nov 2025–Sept 2026). Palm oil = CPO + RBD palmolein + crude olein + CPKO. Edible oils only; non-edible imports (mainly PFAD and stearin) were about 0.3 million tonnes over Nov 2025–Sept 2026. Updated by hand after each SEA release, around the middle of the month. Trader estimates published before SEA are not used. Not financial advice.