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Oilmeal exports dips 94% to 7,737 tonnes in May

Lower oilseed availability, higher prices in domestic market drive shipments down from 121,000 tonnes achieved a year ago

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jun 06 2016 | 11:33 PM IST
Oilmeals exports have declined 94 per cent to 7,737 tonnes in May, due to lower availability of oilseeds and higher prices in the domestic market.

India  had exported 121,000 tonnes of oil meal in the same period last year, industry body Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) said.

"The overall export of oilmeals during April -May 2016 is reported at 97,779 tonnes compared to 3,03,977 tonnes during the same period of last year, down by 68 per cent due to lesser availability of oilseeds for crushing and continuous disparity in exporting oilmeals in the international market," SEA said.

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South Korea, Iran and Thailand are the major importers of oilmeal from India.

Oilmeal export to South Korea has declined by 74 per cent to 47,202 tonnes in the first two months of the current financial year from 1.79 lakh tonnes in the year ago period.

Oil meal is mainly used as feed for the livestock.

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First Published: Jun 06 2016 | 10:31 PM IST

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