Retail food inflation increased significantly in September from 7.6% to 8.6%, primarily due to increases in the cost of vegetables and cereals. As a result, overall inflation as measured by the consumer price index increased to 7.4% on an annual basis in September from 7% in August. Due to a surge in the price of…
The amount of palm oil imported into India in September increased to its highest level in a year, thanks to strong demand for the tropical oil ahead of the festival season and a significant price discount over other oils, according to six dealers on Tuesday. The benchmark Malaysian palm oil prices, which have almost halved…
According to an RBI assessment, persistently high inflation remains a key policy worry for the Reserve Bank, which has raised rates aggressively this year, but the pressure may subside next fiscal assuming normal rains and the continued normalization of global supply chains without any exogenous shocks. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) anticipates retail inflation…
The food ministry announced on Sunday that until March 2023, certain edible oils are subject to preferential import taxes. In order to increase domestic supply and manage retail prices, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) made this decision on August 31, 2022. The CBIC’s decision to extend the current reduced import taxes…
The government should aim to increase domestic edible oil production to meet the roughly 0.7 million tonnes (MT) incremental increase in demand each year in order to reduce rising edible oil imports, which are threatening to put pressure on the current account, said Atul Chaturvedi, President of the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA), on…
To control the spike in future prices, the central government has extended concessional duties on edible oil imports by six months to March 31, 2023. At present, crude palm, soybean, and sunflower oils imports attract only the 5% agri infra cess and a 10% education cess upon it, meaning a total tax incidence of 5.5%. Basic…
The Central government is aiming at reducing import dependence on palm oil by 25 to 30% through the production of 2.8 million tonne (MT) of oil by 2030 under the National Edible Oil Mission. Currently, around 0.35 million hectare (MH) is under palm plantation. Under the mission launched last year, an additional area of 0.65…
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday raised the repo rate by 50 basis points, the third straight increase since May in an effort to cool rigid high inflation and defend the rupee. The repurchase rate was raised by 50 basis points to lift the interest rate to the pre-pandemic level. The 5.40% repo rate was last…
Edible oil manufacturers, including Adani Wilmar, Emami Agrotech, and Ruchi Soya, on Thursday, “In principle agreed to cut prices further” in a meeting with the food ministry officials here, sources said. Landed prices of these items have seen a steady fall in recent weeks. Since May, the global price of palm oil has been declining after Indonesia,…
Palm oil continued in a downward direction with its prices dropping to a near 13-month low as leading producers, Malaysia and Indonesia struggled with rising production amidst low export demand. On Bursa Malaysia Derivative Exchange, crude palm oil for delivery in October ruled at 3,646 Malaysian ringgit (MYR) a tonne ($818.68), the lowest since June…
