Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) in its latest report said that India's vegetable oil imports rose 8% to 13,83,245 tonnes in December 2025 as compared to 12,75,554 tonnes in the year-ago period. Imports of edible oils increased to 13,62,245 tonnes last month, from 12,29,790 tonnes in December 2024. Imports of non-edible oils fell to 21,000 tonnes in December 2025 from 45,764 tonnes in December 2024

Palm Oil import down in December 2025 to 507,204 tonnes, decline by 125,137 tonnes from 632,341 tonnes in November 2025, decreased by 20%. Soybean Oil import jumped to 505,112 tonnes in December 2025 compared to 370,661 tonnes in November 2025, up by 36%. Sunflower Oil import reported 349,929 tonnes in December 2025, more than doubled compared to 142,953 tonnes November 2025.

In the first two months of the 2025-26 oil year that started in November, the total vegetable oil imports stood at 25,67,077 tonnes, down by 12% from 29,26,530 tonnes in the corresponding period last year.