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India’s exports of oilmeals rise 40% in September 2025
Oct-17-2025

The Solvent Extractors Association of India in latest report said that exports of oilmeals for the month of September, 2025 stood at 299,252 tons compared to 213,744 tons in September, 2025 i.e. up by 40%. The overall export of oilmeals during April to September 2025 reported at 2,093,067 tons compared to 2,082,533 tons during the same period of last year i.e. up by 0.50%.

In first six months (April to September 2025) export of soybean meal reduced to 839,075 tons from 908,800 tons during the same period of last year due to soybean meal prices remained under pressure. Indian soybean meal is facing poor demand on world market and stiff competition from South and North America producers for market share and domestically owing to increasing supplies of DDGS on the feed market, reducing the demand for soybean meal. In H1FY26, exports of rapeseed meal, groundnut meal and castor seed meal stood at 11,07,436 tons, 15,967 tons and 130,589 tons respectively.

During April to September 2025, South Korea imported 232,274 tons of oilmeals (compared to 359,204 tons); consisting of 130,360 tons of rapeseed meal, 73,332 tons of castorseed meal and 28,581 tons of soybean meal. China imported 495,095 tons of oilmeals (compared to 17,806 tons); consisting of 488,168 tons of rapeseed meal and 6,927 tons of castorseed meal. Bangladesh sourcing rapeseed meal and soybean meal from India and imported 212,865 tons of oilmeals (compared to 398,068 tons), consisting of 155,805 tons of rapeseed meal and 57,060 tons of soybean meal. Germany and France (European countries) has turned out to be a major importer of Soybean meal from India and imported 143,039 tons and 56,959 tons respectively.

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