The National President of the All India Food Oil Traders Federation and the National Minister of the All India Trade Federation (GATE) Shankar Thacker and the area of cotton in India may be registered in 2025/26, as farmers have returned to crops such as pulses and oil seeds. According to agricultural experts, farmers are attracted to more profitable crops due to the rise of the global fall and pest attacks in cotton prices.
For example, farmers are prioritizing crops such as peanuts, tour toll and maize in major cotton -producing states such as Gujarat and Maharashtra. According to the Cotton Union, cotton sow in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab has declined by 40-60 per cent.
Improving pulses production
In addition, the government has announced a six -year plan to increase pulses, including state companies that buy crops from farmers at a standard rate. The purpose is to reduce importation. In 2024, India spent 5 billion to import pulses.
Cotton yields decreases
Considering these changes, in 2024-25, cotton production was estimated at 7 per cent to 302.25 lakh tumors, compared to 325.29 lakh bales last year. Agricultural experts believe that this trend of farmers is an important step for increasing their income and cropping.
Shankar Thacker added that if the cotton crop has been reduced, the cotton oil will be reduced so that India will have to import more oil, that is, if the government promotes a crop, it affects the other crop. Therefore, the government must change its strategy.
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Imports the boom boom
In addition, Donald Trump has talked about increasing fees for many countries after taking the power of the United States, which has caused panic atmosphere in the markets, Shankar Thacker said. On the other hand, the import of palm oil in India in March is moderate than last month, but continuously is below the fourth month of normal level, as its premium has encouraged refiners to increase the purchase of soy oil compared to soy oil.
India’s largest vegetable oils can be pressed at the price of Malaysian palm oil as India is less imported than normal. At the same time, American soy oil can get the support of the future.
According to experts, the import of palm oil increased by 13.2 per cent to 423,000 metric tonnes. At the beginning of March, exporters hoped India’s imports would exceed 500,000 tonnes this month. India imports more than 750,000 tonnes of palm oil every month, which ended in October 2024.
Palm oil is a little expensive
Shankar Thacker added, “Over the past few months, palm oil, soy oil and sunflower oil have been very expensive, which has reduced its demand.” Soy oil imports increased by 24 per cent to 352,000 tonnes in March, while the import of sunflower oil fell by 15.5 per cent to 193,000 metric, which was very low in six months. Let us know that Argentina, Brazili soy oil and Russia and Russia import sunflower oil while Indonesia and Malaysia are mainly buying Pamayil.
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