The information doesn't embrace imports from Nepal, the Solvent Extractors' Affiliation of India (SEA) mentioned in an announcement on Thursday.
The trade physique mentioned the autumn in imports of edible oils in July this 12 months was due to a pointy decline in inward shipments of refined palm oil.
The rise in import responsibility distinction between crude palm oil (CPO) and refined palmolein from 8.25 per cent to 19.25 per cent with impact from Might 31, 2025, has made the import of refined oil uneconomical, SEA famous.
Refined palmolein import fell to five,000 tonnes throughout July 2025 in comparison with 1.63 lakh tonnes within the earlier month and 1.36 lakh tonnes in July 2024. “The federal government's choice to extend the responsibility distinction is a daring and well timed transfer. It began discouraging import of refined palmolein and shift demand again to crude oils, thereby revitalising the home refining sector,” SEA mentioned. Import of crude palm oil fell to eight,50,695 tonnes in July 2025 from 9,36,876 tonnes in the identical month final 12 months, whereas the inward shipments of crude sunflower oil dipped to 2,00,010 tonnes from 3,66,541 tonnes. India imports palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia.
As per the information, the import of non-edible oils additionally fell to 31,000 tonnes from 55,014 tonnes.
India import of vegetable oil (edible and non-edible) fell 17 per cent to fifteen,79,041 tonnes final month from 18,95,076 tonnes in the identical month of 2024.
In the course of the first 9 months of the present oil advertising and marketing 12 months, which began in November 2024, the full vegetable oil imports reached 110.13 lakh tonnes, down by 9 per cent from 121.24 lakh tonnes within the corresponding interval of the previous 12 months.
Edible oil imports fell to 107.56 lakh tonnes from 119.35 lakh tonnes, whereas the shipments of non-edible oil rose to 2.57 lakh tonnes from 1.88 lakh tonnes.
Aside from the above, SEA mentioned that Nepal has exported primarily refined soybean oil and sunflower oil and a small amount of RBD Palmolein and Rapeseed Oil to India underneath the SAFTA settlement at Nil responsibility.
Throughout November 2024 to June 2025, the imports from Nepal reported at 5.21 lakh tonnes. PTI
