Lok Sabha Question No. 2796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-03
Subject: Production of Palm Oil
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2796 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  AUGUST, 2022

## PRODUCTION OF PALM OIL

2796.  SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV: SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION उपभोᲦा मामले , खा᳒ और सावᭅजिनक िवतरण मंᮢी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total production and demand of palm oil, during the last three years State-wise;
- (b) the details of total exports and imports of palm oil, including the country of export/import, during the last three years;
- (c) whether it is true that India is experiencing a shortage of palm oil;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the same;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  enhance  the  domestic production of palm oil to reduce import reliance; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): The  state-wise  production  of  palm  oil  in  the  last  three  years  (2019-20  to 2021-22) is at Annexure I.
- (b): The details of total exports and imports of palm oil including the country of export/import in the last three years (2019-20 to 2021-22) is at Annexure II.
- (c) and (d):  Domestic  production  of  edible  oils  is  unable  to  meet  the  domestic demand and the gap between demand and supply of edible oils is met through imports. Out of the total imports, palm oil constitutes 61.80%.
- (e) and (f): The  Government  of  India    has  launched  National  Mission  on Edible oils- Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) during the year 2021 with the aim to enhance the edible  oils  availability  in  the  country  by  harnessing  Oil  Palm  area  expansion, increasing Crude Palm Oil (CPO) production and to reduce the import burden on edible oils.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2796 FOR ANSWER ON 03.08.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA.

The   State-wise    details  of  production  of  Crude  Palm  Oil  (CPO)  in  the  last  three  years  (from 2019-20 to 2021-22) are given below:

(Quantity in MT)

|   S. No. | State          |   2019-20 (FY) |   2020-21 (FY) | 2021-22 (FY)   |
|----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |         208359 |         237900 | 295075         |
|        2 | Goa            |            309 |            305 | 353            |
|        3 | Karnataka      |           2184 |           2734 | 10046          |
|        4 | Kerala         |           4824 |           4281 | 318            |
|        5 | Mizoram        |            535 |            675 | 6084           |
|        6 | Tamil Nadu     |            553 |            429 | NA             |
|        7 | Telangana      |          38050 |          26690 | 46171          |

Source: D/o Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2796 FOR ANSWER ON 03.08.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA

IMPORT  OF  PALM  OIL  (OTHER  REFINED  PALM  OIL,  REFINED  BLEACHED DEODRSED PALM OIL, REFINED BLCHD DEODRSED PALMOLEIN, CRUDE PALM OIL AND ITS FRACTNS)- Source: D/o Commerce

## Commodity:  15119090 OTHER REFINED PALM OIL  (IMPORT)

Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20 (FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | BANGLADESH PR      | 12,184.31      | -               | 2,272.29         |
|        2 | FRANCE             | 0.36           | -               | -                |
|        3 | GERMANY            | 0.05           | 0.02            | 0.05             |
|        4 | INDONESIA          | 6,836.00       | -               | -                |
|        5 | MALAYSIA           | 61,044.11      | 298             | 7,019.20         |
|        6 | NEPAL              | -              | 0.35            | -                |
|        7 | NETHERLAND         | 4.41           | 1.33            | -                |
|        8 | NIGERIA            | 0.3            | -               | -                |
|        9 | SINGAPORE          | 84             | -               | 199.8            |
|       10 | U K                | 0.18           | -               | -                |
|       11 | U S A              | 0.01           | -               | -                |
|       12 | THAILAND           | 0.95           | 3.04            | -                |

## Commodity:  15119010 REFINED BLEACHED DEODRSED PALM OIL (IMPORT)

Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20 (FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | BANGLADESH PR      | -              | -               | -                |
|        2 | FRANCE             | 1,493.05       | 4,838.00        | -                |
|        3 | INDONESIA          | -              | -               | 165,180.98       |
|        4 | MALAYSIA           | 2,266.13       | -               | 12,433.58        |
|        5 | NEPAL              | 148.41         | 134.93          | 516.87           |
|        6 | SINGAPORE          | 0.52           | -               | -                |
|        7 | DENMARK            | -              | 0               | -                |
|        8 | KOREA RP           | 19.98          | -               | -                |
|        9 | NIGERIA            | -              | -               | 2.62             |

## Commodity:  15119020 REFINED BLCHD DEODRSED PALMOLEIN (IMPORT)

Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20 (FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | BANGLADESH PR      | 21,903.48      | -               | 5,349.99         |
|        2 | INDONESIA          | 286,323.78     | 79,783.95       | 943,973.13       |
|        3 | MALAYSIA           | 1,715,637.88   | 1,695.16        | 351,907.09       |
|        4 | NEPAL              | 212,089.17     | 13,496.35       | 164,828.48       |
|        5 | SINGAPORE          | -              | -               | 86,564.06        |
|        6 | PITCAIRN IS.       | 20.25          | -               | -                |
|        7 | SINGAPORE          | 94,941.00      | -               | -                |
|        8 | THAILAND           | 1.71           | -               | -                |
|        9 | U S A              | -              | 4.5             | -                |
|       10 | GUINEA             | -              | -               | 4,268.38         |
|       11 | PAPUA N GNA        | -              | -               | 2,250.00         |
|       12 | U ARAB EMTS        | -              | -               | 43.91            |

## Commodity:  15111000 CRUDE PALM OIL AND ITS FRACTNS (IMPORT)

Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20 (FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | CAMBODIA           | 1,146.00       | 4,322.18        | 17,600.71        |
|        2 | INDONESIA          | 4,272,207.00   | 4,095,159.50    | 2,153,705.25     |
|        3 | LIBERIA            |                | 517             | 5,010.39         |
|        4 | MALAYSIA           | 1,488,524.50   | 2,799,267.25    | 3,020,196.25     |
|        5 | NIGERIA            | 0.98           | 6.77            | -                |
|        6 | PAPUA N GNA        | 451            | 28,270.00       | 242,025.53       |
|        7 | PHILIPPINES        | -              | -               | 5,108.88         |
|        8 | SINGAPORE          | 292,933.00     | 306,684.00      | 256,671.16       |
|        9 | THAILAND           | 121,039.81     | 154,479.33      | 555,608.50       |
|       10 | UKRAINE            | -              | 3,230.00        | -                |
|       11 | COTE D' IVOIRE     | -              | -               | 29,971.00        |
|       12 | GUINEA             | -              | -               | 13,903.20        |
|       13 | SIERRA LEONE       | -              | -               | 1,076.00         |
|       14 | SOLOMON IS         | -              | -               | 3,043.61         |

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## EXPORT OF PALM OIL (OTHER REFINED PALM OIL, REFINED BLEACHED DEODRSED PALM OIL, REFINED BLCHD DEODRSED PALMOLEIN, CRUDE PALM OIL AND ITS FRACTNS)- Source: D/o Commerce

## Commodity:  15119090 OTHER REFINED PALM OIL (EXPORT)

Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20 (FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | KENYA              | 0.1            | 0.18            | -                |
|        2 | NEPAL              | -              | 1.2             | 1                |
|        3 | BHUTAN             | 33.75          | 24.87           | 0.02             |
|        4 | CONGO D. REP.      | -              | 2.71            | -                |
|        5 | FRANCE             | 0.03           | -               | -                |
|        6 | GERMANY            | 0              | 0.32            | -                |
|        7 | GHANA              | -              | 0.3             | -                |
|        8 | INDONESIA          | -              | 11.2            | 28               |
|        9 | MALAYSIA           | -              | 0.2             | -                |
|       10 | MALDIVES           | 0.01           | -               | -                |
|       11 | NETHERLAND         | -              | 2.5             |                  |
|       12 | NEW ZEALAND        | -              | 0.38            | -                |
|       13 | NIGERIA            | 5.15           | -               | -                |
|       14 | OMAN               | 0.04           | -               | 0.06             |
|       15 | REUNION            | -              | 0.07            | 0.26             |
|       16 | SAUDI ARAB         | -              | 0.03            | -                |
|       17 | SOUTH AFRICA       | -              | 1.5             | -                |
|       18 | SWITZERLAND        | 0.02           | -               | -                |
|       19 | TUNISIA            | -              | 0.03            | -                |
|       20 | U ARAB EMTS        | -              | 1.15            | 0.59             |
|       21 | U K                | -              | 0.01            | -                |
|       22 | U S A              | 1.6            | 0.1             | 0.12             |
|       23 | UGANDA             | 0.01           | -               | -                |
|       24 | UKRAINE            | 0.05           | -               | -                |
|       25 | YEMEN REPUBLC      | 1.64           | 7.96            | -                |
|       26 | BANGLADESH PR      | -              | -               | 5                |
|       27 | IRAQ               | -              | -               | 1.9              |

## Commodity:  15119010 REFINED BLEACHED DEODRSED PALM OIL (EXPORT)

Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20 (FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | BHUTAN             | -              | -               | 64.81            |
|        2 | CHINA P RP         | 17.98          | -               | -                |
|        3 | GERMANY            | -              | -               | 98.1             |
|        4 | QATAR              | -              | -               | 6.82             |
|        5 | TRINIDAD           | -              | -               | 0.01             |

## Commodity:  15119020 REFINED BLCHD DEODRSED PALMOLEIN (EXPORT) -Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20(FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | BANGLADESH PR      | -             | -               | 13,024.67        |
|        2 | BHUTAN             | -             | 49.08           | 54.58            |
|        3 | KENYA              | -             | 0.1             | 0.4              |
|        4 | MALDIVES           | -             | -               | -                |
|        5 | NEPAL              | 56.3          | 47.5            | 80.4             |
|        6 | SPAIN              | -             | -               | -                |
|        7 | SRI LANKA DSR      | -             | -               | -                |
|        8 | U S A              | 2.5           | -               | 0.98             |
|        9 | UGANDA             | -             | -               | -                |
|       10 | GERMANY            | 0.11          | -               | -                |
|       11 | NIGERIA            | -             | 0.44            | -                |
|       12 | OMAN               | -             | 0.01            | 0.01             |
|       13 | GHANA              | -             | -               | 0.01             |

## Commodity:  15111000 CRUDE PALM OIL AND ITS FRACTN (EXPORT) Qty.in MT

|   S. No. | Country / Region   | 2019-20 (FY)   | 2020-2021(FY)   | 2021-2022 (FY)   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | CANADA             | -              | 0.04            | 0.34             |
|        2 | KENYA              | -              | 0.1             |                  |
|        3 | MALAYSIA           | -              | -               | 1,180.30         |

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