Selected Tag: palm oil
Selected Tag: palm oil

Was the Import Duty Cut for Vegetable Oils Really Needed?

With excess production globally, the duty cut on vegetable oil imports may add to the stress for local growers

G. Chandrashekhar

September 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM IST

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Can India shape the next commodity super-cycle?

Commodity super-cycles last decades and the previous one was driven by China. Is the world ready for another round, and can India lead structural long-term shifts in global demand?

G. Chandrashekhar

September 22, 2026 at 6:26 AM IST

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Indonesia Biodiesel Policy Unlikely to Hurt India

Indonesia is going full speed ahead with its B60 blending programme. While that might hit Indian imports of palm oil in the short term, the changing import basket and newer suppliers ensure imports will not suffer in the long term.

G. Chandrashekhar

September 7, 2026 at 11:11 AM IST

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Indonesia’s Resource Nationalism: Is India Ready with a Plan?

Indonesia’s push towards resource nationalism could reshape global commodity trade. With India reliant on Indonesian palm oil, coal, and nickel, is New Delhi prepared to secure supplies and manage emerging risks?

G. Chandrashekhar

June 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM IST

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How India Drifted From Edible Oil Self-Sufficiency to Dependence

India once met nearly all its edible oil demand domestically. Policy drift, cheap palm oil imports and weak farm incentives changed that.

Prasanna Mohanty

May 8, 2026 at 10:40 AM IST

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Palm Oil Panic Is Misplaced as Supply Buffers Temper Indonesia’s Noise

Indonesia’s B50 rhetoric has lifted sentiment, not altered fundamentals. Ample supply, peak output and India’s policy levers should keep palm oil risks manageable.

G. Chandrashekhar

April 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM IST

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Playing the Palm Oil Price Game 

Palm oil’s brief premium over soft oils has faded as supply improves, demand eases and biodiesel economics weaken. With prices retreating and forecasts turning overheated, India faces a timely policy choice on duties and domestic growers’ interests.

G. Chandrashekhar

November 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM IST

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Fixed Vegetable Oil Tariffs: A Recipe for Market Distortion

Locking vegetable oil tariffs for years would rob policymakers of flexibility, harm consumers and farmers, and chiefly benefit refiners.

G. Chandrashekhar

October 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM IST

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Does Sustainable Palm Oil Deserve Any Concession?

Producers of certified sustainable palm oil seek duty relief, but there is little justification for any fiscal concession in the present circumstances

G. Chandrashekhar

October 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM IST

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