India: Import duty relief on lentils, edible oils extended

Published 2023년 1월 4일

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The Indian government has extended the concessional import duties on edible oils such as palm, soybean, and sunflower, and the duty waiver for lentils until March 31, 2024. These duties were first introduced in July 2021 due to a surge in domestic prices. Currently, these imports only incur a 5% agri infra cess and a 10% education cess, totaling 5.5% tax. India imports about 56% of its annual edible oil consumption, primarily palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia, and faces negative inflation in the edible oil and fat category.

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The government has extended concessional import duties on edible oils such as palm, soybean and sunflower and the duty waiver for lentils by a year, until March 31 2024. The duty reliefs for edible oils were first introduced in July 2021, in the wake of a spike in domestic prices. In September 2022, these concessions were extended by six months to March 31, 2023. At present, crude palm, soybean and sunflower oils imports attract only the 5% agri infra cess and a 10% education cess upon it, meaning a total tax incidence of 5.5%. India imports around 56% of its annual edible oil consumption; in FY22, it had imported edible oil valued at Rs 1.5 trillion. Annual imports of edible oil is around 13 million tonne (mt), mostly palm oil (8 mt), soybean (2.7 mt) and sunflower (2 mt). While palm oil is imported mostly from Malaysia and Indonesia, soybean and sunflower oils are imported mostly from Argentina and Ukraine. Palm oil prices rose sharply globally when Indonesia, the biggest ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult