India palm oil demand up on festivals


NEW DELHI: Palm oil purchases by India probably rose for a ninth month as traders and processors increased shipments to meet an expected surge in demand during festivals.

Imports jumped 15% to 800,000 tonnes in September from a year earlier, according to the median of estimates from five processors and brokers compiled by Bloomberg. Total vegetable oil purchases, including those for industrial use, climbed 11% to 1.16 million tonnes, the survey shows.

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