India Palm Oil Imports by Country – List of Palm Oil Buyers in India

05 March 2018

India import palm oil in two categories such as crude palm oil and RBD (refined bleached deodorized) palm oil. Crude palm oil is the most versatile of all vegetable oils while RBD palm oil is used cooking oil and frying oil for food industries. India is one of the leading vegetable oil buyers in the world and also the largest palm oil importer country.

India has imported palm oil from eight different countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Ukraine, France and Italy during the same period. Indonesia is the largest palm oil import partner of India followed by Malaysia. India Palm Oil Import Report released by Export Genius, palm oil imports into India stood at USD 9748 million in 2017.

Let’s take look at the detailed analysis of India palm oil imports by country with their value and share value recorded in 2017.

*Above stats are based on 2017 report

Want to sell palm oil into India? Get the list of palm oil buyers in India and filter the names of right business partners to fix your deal. Export Genius provides the India Palm Oil trade data including the crude palm oil buyers and palm oil traders in India. It is recorded that currently there are more than 300 palm oil buyers in India trading with other countries.

Palm Oil Imports into India from Indonesia

Indonesia is the world’s biggest palm oil supplier country. India palm oil imports from Indonesia worth USD 7390 million from 9976961 metric tonnes in 2017. India imports two-thirds of palm oil from Indonesia only and also recorded 75% of value in the said year. Indonesia is the main market from where India import palm oil. According to Palm Oil Import Data, there are more than 250 active palm oil importers in India traded from Indonesia. Adani Wilmar Limited is one of the biggest palm oil buyers in India which recorded approximately 8% value of total palm oil imports. Here are the names of some palm oil importers in India who are trading with Indonesia.

             ·         Adani Wilmar Ltd

             ·         Emami Agrotech Ltd

             ·         Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd

             ·         South India Krishna Oil & Fats Pvt Ltd

             ·         JVL Agro Industries Ltd

             ·         Golden Agri Resources India Pvt Ltd

From Indonesia, India has imported palm oil through its 17 ports in which Kandla Sea, Krishnapatnam Port Sea and Kolkata Sea are biggest ports. Together they have arrived 45% of the total palm oil shipments. Let’s check India palm oil import from Indonesia through five largest Indian ports.

*Above stats are based on 2017 report

Palm Oil Imports into India from Malaysia

Malaysia is the second largest palm oil supplier country. India import palm oil majorly from Malaysia after Indonesia. In 2017, India has imported 2860396 metric tonnes of palm oil with the value of USD 2149 million and represented 21.78% of the total imports of this product. As per Palm oil Import Data, around 200 palm oil importers in India traded from Malaysia. According to Palm Oil Industry India, Ruchi Soya Industries Limited recorded highest palm oil import from Malaysia in 2017 followed by Adani Wilmar Limited. Here is the list of some palm oil importers in India trading from Malaysia.

             ·         Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd

             ·         Adani Wilmar Ltd

             ·         Emami Agrotech Ltd

             ·         Budge Budge Refineries Ltd

             ·         Cargill India Pvt Ltd

             ·         KTV Health Food Pvt Ltd

From Malaysia, India has received the palm oil shipments through its 13 ports including Kandla Sea, Kakinada Sea, Krishnapatnam Port Sea, Kolkata Sea, Mangalore Sea, and Chennai Sea etc. Refer the below table to check the figures of India palm oil import from Malaysia at five largest ports.

*Above stats are based on 2017 report

Want to buy palm oil from other countries? Well! It depends on the palm oil suppliers in other countries that how you will know about them. We at Export Genius providing a report on Palm Oil import into India including the list of palm oil suppliers in Indonesia, Malaysia and in other countries. Here is the sample of Palm Oil Import Data of India including the major data fields that we cover in our report.

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