Palm oil imports dip to eight-month low in Dec.

India’s palm oil imports fell to an eight-month low in December 2025, weighed down by weaker winter demand and as refiners increased purchases of rival oils such as soyoil and sunflower oil, according to dealers. Lower palm oil imports by India, the world’s largest buyer of vegetable oils, could lift inventories in top producers Indonesia and Malaysia, weighing on benchmark Malaysian palm oil futures, while lending support to US soyoil futures. Palm oil imports fell 20% month-on-month in December to 507,000 metric tons, the lowest since April 2025. Meanwhile, soyoil imports surged 37% to 508,000 tons, and sunflower oil imports more than doubled to a 17-month high of 350,000 tons. India’s total edible oil imports in December rose 19% from a month earlier to a three-month high of 1.37 million tons due to higher imports of soyoil and sunflower oil, the estimates indicated, as per a report.

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