Edible oil imports up 5.55% in August, amid jump in CPO shipments to India
India’s edible oil imports rose 5.55% in August 2025 to 16.21 lakh tonnes, driven by a 39.79% surge in crude palm oil shipments, reaching 9.79 lakh tonnes. However, cumulative imports during the first 10 months of the 2024-25 oil year fell 8.11% to 123.78 lakh tonnes compared with 134.71 lakh tonnes previously.
Edible oil imports recorded a 5.55 per cent increase in August driven by higher crude palm oil (CPO) shipments to India.
According to the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA), India imported 16.21 lakh tonne (lt) of edible oil in August 2025 against 15.36 lt in August 2024. The import of CPO, which contributes a major share in the total edible oil imports to India, witnessed a jump of 39.79 per cent in August. The country imported 9.79 lt of CPO in August 2025 against 7 lt in August 2024.
India imported 123.78 lt of edible oil during the first 10 months of the oil year 2024-25 (November-October) against 134.71 lt in the corresponding period of the previous oil year, registering a decline of 8.11 per cent. (This does not include imports from Nepal.)
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Source : The Hindu Business line
