India imported 392,891 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in September, according to an industry group. The imports from Malaysia comprised 381,079 tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO) and 11,812 tonnes of crude palm kernel oil (CPKO).
Last month's figures represent a 14% increase on August's Indian palm oil imports from Malaysia, data released by the trade group Solvent Extractors' Association (SEA) showed. India's total edible oil imports in September were made up of 643,994 tonnes of palm oil and 400,248 tonnes of other vegetable oils. Last month's edible oil imports of more than a million tonnes were about 20% less than the volumes in August.