India imported 3.03 million tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in 2024, representing 17.9 per cent of Malaysia's whole palm oil exports and making it the highest vacation spot for Malaysian palm oil.
“There was a noticeable enhance in demand for Malaysian oil palm seeds, notably from India,” Malaysian Palm Oil Board Director Common Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir advised PTI, citing India's push to broaden home manufacturing.
India goals to quickly broaden palm oil cultivation to 1 million hectares by 2025-26 and obtain almost 2.8 million tonnes of crude palm oil manufacturing by 2029-30 underneath its Nationwide Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm scheme.
The nation presently has about 370,000 hectares underneath palm oil cultivation as of mid-2025, focusing notably on northeastern states and island areas.
The seed commerce, nonetheless, stays largely casual, with provides carried out on an advert hoc foundation by one-off consignments with out formal contracts or long-term agreements, Kadir famous. Most transactions occur by business-to-business preparations the place Malaysian exporters present high quality planting supplies and technical experience. “Malaysia welcomes this growth because it displays confidence within the high quality of our seeds and our longstanding partnership with India,” he mentioned.
The event comes at the same time as Malaysia's palm oil exports to India have moderated following New Delhi's latest discount in tariffs on crude palm oil.
Kadir mentioned India's tariff changes are a part of broader coverage measures to handle home provide and maintain cooking oil costs inexpensive for shoppers.
“Whereas Malaysia has seen some moderation in export volumes to India, we stay a key and dependable provider, and the Indian market continues to be a precedence,” he mentioned.
Malaysia is participating stakeholders to strengthen its place in meals manufacturing and hospitality segments the place demand stays robust, whereas selling sustainable palm oil licensed underneath the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil customary.
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board has developed new high-yield varieties by breeding packages that may doubtlessly produce over 30 tonnes of contemporary fruit bunches per hectare yearly, almost double Malaysia's nationwide common of 15.47-16.73 tonnes recorded between 2020-2023.
The improved varieties even have slower peak development, extending financial lifespan from 25 years to over 30 years whereas facilitating harvesting operations.
Present Malaysian business seeds are appropriate for cultivation in India with correct farming practices and sufficient irrigation, Kadir mentioned, noting the supplies have carried out nicely underneath tropical situations much like many Indian areas with adequate rainfall.
Analysis efforts are underway to develop climate-resilient varieties with improved drought tolerance, although none have been commercially launched but, he added.
