Oil Imports

The state-run lender told refiners last month that it would not settle payment from Russian barrels bought above the price cap, the three sources said

Industry executives said imports from Russia may rise further as talks are on to address difficulties in paying for Russian crude

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India's imports of crude oil in February rose about 8% from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, as fuel demand hit over 2-decade highs in the world's third-biggest oil importer

Focus on buying Russian crude has led to a decline in imports from West Asia

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The government on Wednesday said that it has decided to discontinue imports of crude sunflower seed oil under tariff rate quota (TRQ) from April 1 this year. TRQ is a quota for a volume of imports that enter India at specified or nil duty, but after the quota is reached, the normal tariff applies to additional imports. "Last date for import of crude sunflower seed oil under TRQ has been revised to March 31, 2023. Further, no TRQs shall be allocated for import of crude sunflower seed oil in 2023-24," the directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) said in a public notice. Earlier in January, a similar decision was taken for crude soybean oil. The duty-free import of 20 lakh MT per year was earlier applicable for two financial years -- 2022-23 and 2023-24 -- for crude sunflower seed oil and crude soya bean oil. For crude sunflower oil, the TRQ was there till June 30 this year.

Last month Russian oil accounted for about 27% of the 5 million bpd of crude imported by India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer

New Delhi's imports from Russia in eight months to November were almost 16 times its shipments to the nation, trade ministry data show

With these imports, India can maintain a domestic inventory of refined products like petrol and diesel

Record imports by India, the world's biggest vegetable oil importer, come as sunoil's discount to rival soyoil widened to the highest level in nine months

The country is now easily India's biggest source of oil after overtaking Iraq and Saudi Arabia several months ago.

The fuel is vital to the bloc's economy, powering cars, trucks, ships, construction and manufacturing equipment and more

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Imports of soyoil gained 10.1% to 252,525 tonnes while sunflower oil imports jumped 23% to 194,009 tonnes, a release said

The government on Wednesday said that it has decided to discontinue import of crude soybean oil under tariff rate quota (TRQ) from April 1 this year. TRQ is a quota for a volume of imports that will enter India at specified or nil duty, but after the quota is reached, the normal tariff applies to additional imports. "Last date for import of crude soybean oil under TRQ has been revised to March 31, 2023. Further, no allocation of TRQs for import of crude soybean oil shall be made for 2023-24," the directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) said in a public notice. The government has earlier exempted customs duty and agriculture infrastructure development cess on 20 lakh metric tonnes yearly import of crude soybean oil and crude sunflower oil each, to ease domestic prices. The duty-free import of 20 lakh MT per year was earlier applicable for two financial years -- 2022-23 and 2023-24 -- for crude soybean oil and crude sunflower oil. Now it is applicable only for crude sunflower see

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