India's vegetable oil imports slide 7% on year in Sep-26

Solvent Extractors Association or SEA has stated that India reported import of 15.44 lakh tonnes of edible oils and 35,196 tonnes of non-edible oils during September 2026. On a month-on-month basis, edible oil imports marginally down to 15.44 lakh tonnes in September from 15.72 lakh tonnes in August. This decrease was primarily driven by a drop in import of RBD Palmolein to 2,905 tons from 22,700 tons and crude sunflower oil of 104,984 tons from 155,639 tons. Compared to September 2025, the total vegetable oil imports in 2026 declined 7%.

Cumulative imports during the first eleven months of the 2025-26 oil year (November 2025 to Sept 2026) remained marginally higher than the corresponding period of the previous year. Total vegetable oil (Edible + non-edible) imports stood at 154.64 lakh tonnes, compared with 150.31 lakh tonnes imported during Nov.,2024 to Sept., 2025, registering a 3 percent rise. Cumulative edible oil imports during the period also recorded growth, rising to 151.64 lakh tonnes from 146.83 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous oil year, an increase of 3 percent. The latest figures indicate that while vegetable oil imports have remained higher overall during the current oil year.

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