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India's exports of castor oil declines 13% in April 2025
Jun-04-2025

Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) has said that India's export of castor oil declined by 12.95% to 63,373 metric tonnes (MT) (Provisional) in the month of April 2025 as compared to 72,801 MT (Provisional) in the same month last year. In the value terms, India exported castor oil worth Rs 830.47 crore in April 2025 as against Rs 881.35 crore in April 2024, i.e. down by 5.77%. 

According to SEA data, India's export of castor oil stood at 686,817 MT in FY25 as compared to 646,702 MT in FY24. In the month of March 2025, castor oil export stood at 65,326 MT, while its value stood at Rs 858.65 crore. 

India is the largest producer of castor seed in the world and Gujarat is the largest in India. Castor oil is an important ingredient for the global specialty chemical industry as it is the only commercial source of hydroxylate fatty acid. Castor oil is used for a number of industrial applications including paints, varnish, resins and plasticisers.

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