{"id":139269,"date":"2022-03-23T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T12:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=139269"},"modified":"2022-03-23T17:57:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T12:27:18","slug":"india-imported-17-44-lmt-edible-oils-from-ukraine-and-3-48-lmt-edible-oils-from-russia-in-2020-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/india-imported-17-44-lmt-edible-oils-from-ukraine-and-3-48-lmt-edible-oils-from-russia-in-2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"India imported 17.44 LMT edible oils from Ukraine and 3.48 LMT edible oils from Russia in 2020-21"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a bid to control the rise in cooking oil prices, the Centre has cut the basic duty on Crude Palm Oil, Crude Soyabean Oil and Crude Sunflower Oil from 2.5% to Nil<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The basic duty on Refined Soyabean oil and Refined Sunflower Oil has been slashed to 17.5% from the current 32.5% and the basic duty on Refined Palm Oils has been reduced from 17.5% to 12.5%<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

DELHI\u00a0 : 23 MAR 2022\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today indicated the details of import of edible oils from Russia and Ukraine during the last three years is given below:<\/p>\n

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Year<\/p>\n

(April-March)<\/td>\n

Import of edible oils from Ukraine<\/p>\n

(in LMT)<\/td>\n

Imports of edible oils from Russia<\/p>\n

(in LMT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2018-19<\/td>\n24.87<\/td>\n0.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019-20<\/td>\n19.77<\/td>\n3.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020-21<\/td>\n17.44<\/td>\n3.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Department of Commerce<\/p>\n

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The import of edible oils is under Open General Licence (OGL). The private industry imports the required quantities from abroad. Government has held meetings with private industry\/edible oil associations for facilitating imports.<\/p>\n

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The Government of India has been implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, National Food Security Mission- Oilseeds & Oil palm (NFSM-OS&OP) from 2018-19 to augment the availability of vegetable oils and to reduce the import of edible oils by increasing the production and productivity of oilseeds and area expansion of Oil Palm & Tree Borne Oilseeds in the country.<\/p>\n

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Now, the Government has launched a separate Mission for Oil Palm, which is the National Mission for Edible Oils (Oil Palm)- NMEO (OP) to promote oil palm cultivation for making the country Atmanirbhar in edible oils with special focus on North-Eastern States and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<\/p>\n

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In order to improve the domestic availability and to keep prices of edible oils under control, the Government has been rationalizing the duty structure on edible oils during 2021-22 to reduce the price burden of common man. The following measures have been taken:<\/p>\n