Indian Agricultural Trends and Strategies

Edible Oil Sector Edible oil for available Domestic Production Imports Value of import Year for consumption (MT) (MT) (Rs. in crore) (MT) Dependency on imports (%) Per capita Consumption (kg/yr) 1986-87 5.34 3.87 1.47 700 28.0 6.2 1994-95 7.54 7.19 0.35 300 5.0 7.3 2014-15 21.36 8.63 12.73 64,894 59.6 18.3 2019-20 25.06 10.60 14.46 68,576 57.7 18.7 2020-21 25.82 12.47 13.35 79,190 54.9 18.2 Source: Department of Sugar & Vegetable Oils; DG, CI&S, Dept. of Commerce, Kolkata ICMR recommendation i.e. 30 g/person/day: 12 kg/person/annum Total import of edible oils: 13.35 million tons (Palm oil (56%), Soybean oil (27%), Sunflower oil (16%), Others (1%)

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