date:Nov 21, 2018
ers, they continue to be imported in huge quantities to meet the rising levels of demand.
To some extent, the encouraging drop that was witnessed in July 2018 may be attributed to steps taken by the Government of India in March 2018, wherein there was a hike the duty on vegetable oil imports were hiked from 33 per cent to 48.4 percent. However, there is another factor that contributed to this decline in demand - the growth in the consumption of Indias very own mustard oil, Verma added.
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