India's June palm oil imports drop 18% year-on-year - trade body
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's palm oil imports in June fell 18% from a year ago to 562,932 tonnes as imports of refined palmolein plunged after New Delhi restricted overseas purchases of the grade earlier this year, a leading trade body said on Tuesday.
The country's imports of soyoil in June rose 49% from a year ago to 331,264 tonnes, while sunflower oil imports rose 66% to 268,128 tonnes, according to provisional data compiled by the Solvent Extractors' Association.
India is the world's biggest importer of edible oils.
(Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav, editing by Louise Heavens)