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Cooking Likely to Get Cheaper as Centre Cuts Customs Duty on Edible Oils
India’s Ministry of Finance reduced import duties on crude and refined soybean, palm, and sunflower oils, effective September 24.
The basic customs duty on crude soybean and palm oils fell from 10% to 5%, while the duty on crude sunflower oil was eliminated.
Duties on refined soybean and palm oils fell from 32.5% to 27.5%, while the duty on refined sunflower oil fell to 22.5%.
Lower import costs may reduce cooking-oil prices, but the retail impact depends on how much importers, refiners, distributors, and retailers pass on to consumers.