NEW DELHI - India's edible oil imports rose 8% to 1.16 million tonnes in June, a leading trade body said on Tuesday, replenishing the pipeline that got depleted as the coronavirus lockdown curbed overseas purchases in previous months.
But imports between November, when the current marketing year began, and June fell 15% to 8.05 million tonnes, dragged down by refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palmolein purchases which fell 79%, according to the Solvent Extractors Association of India.
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