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Soybean meal, value-added soy product export for ’18-19 Q1 6.74 lakh MT
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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The export of soybean meal and other value-added soy products during the first quarter of the current oil year 2018-19 (i.e., between October 2018 and December 2018) was 6.74 lakh MT as against 6.90 lakh tonne during the same period last year declined by 2.3 per cent over the last year.
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Import of vegetable oils in Dec ’18 up by 11 per cent vis-a-vis Dec ’17
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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The import of vegetable oils during December 2018 is reported at 12,11,164 tonne compared to 10,88,783 tonne in December 2017, consisting of 11,45,794 tonne of edible oils and 65,370 tonne of non-edible oils, i. e., up by 11 per cent.
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Oils impure; Need refining to make them safer, says Prasad at ICF meet
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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The oil obtained either from expellers or solvent extraction plant contains some impurities which adversely affect the safety, flavour, odour and appearance of oil and are required to be removed for making them edible. After refining, oils will become more safe, palatable and stable against rancidity upon storage.
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