# Palm oil imports to hit 5-year low amid price shifts, rising output | Industry News - Business Standard

> India's palm oil imports for the 2024/25 marketing year could fall to 7.5 million tonnes, a five-year low, according to the Solvent Extractors' Association of India. Benchmark palm futures, which rose 20% in 2024, have lost share to cheaper soybean and sunflower oils, and Indonesian output is recovering.

- Date: 2025-02-26 · published 2025-02-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26147-palm-oil-imports-to-hit-5-year-low-amid-price-shifts-rising-output-industry
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Falling import demand from price-sensitive buyers and recovering output are expected to push palm prices lower and erode their premium over rival oils.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2020-05-05 | [Palm oil imports by no. 1 buyer seen tumbling to nine-year low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11550-palm-oil-imports-by-no-1-buyer-seen-tumbling-to-nine-year-low.md) | +2.3% | +18.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-16 | [Exclusive: India's palm oil imports to hit 5-year low in Jan on negative margins, sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26605-exclusive-india-s-palm-oil-imports-to-hit-5-year-low-in-jan-on-negative-margins.md) | -0.3% | +4.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-04-12 | [China edible oil price slump to hit palm oil imports \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71601-china-edible-oil-price-slump-to-hit-palm-oil-imports-borneo-post-online.md) | -2.5% | +1.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-09-22 | [Malaysia’s palm oil stocks could hit 3-1/2-year high as Indonesia boosts exports - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15791-malaysia-s-palm-oil-stocks-could-hit-3-1-2-year-high-as-indonesia-boosts.md) | -3.8% | -1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-07-20 | [Indonesia’s palm oil exports set to soar 60% in price blow \| FMT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40582-indonesia-s-palm-oil-exports-set-to-soar-60-in-price-blow-fmt.md) | -0.4% | +3.9% |
| SBO | 2025-01-16 | [Exclusive: India's palm oil imports to hit 5-year low in Jan on negative margins, sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26605-exclusive-india-s-palm-oil-imports-to-hit-5-year-low-in-jan-on-negative-margins.md) | -0.5% | +2.2% |
| SBO | 2021-06-30 | [Palm oil prices up, negate import duty cut - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46657-palm-oil-prices-up-negate-import-duty-cut-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -2.0% | +2.1% |
| SBO | 2020-06-01 | [Palm oil scales near two-month high as May exports rise - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52489-palm-oil-scales-near-two-month-high-as-may-exports-rise-markets-business.md) | +2.8% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/palm-oil-imports-to-hit-5-year-low-amid-price-shifts-rising-output-125022600665_1.html

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