India's Rapeseed production may hit record 8.5 MT in 2018-19: SEA

Rapeseed production in India in 2018/19 is expected to rise nearly 19 percent from a year earlier to a record 8.5 million tonnes due to conducive weather and as higher prices prompted farmers to expand areas underplanting, a leading trade body Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) said in a statement.

Rapeseed-mustard is the main winter-sown oilseed in India. Higher rapeseed production could help the world’s biggest buyer of edible oil in limiting its overseas purchases. India imports about two-thirds of its edible oil demand.

Farmers planted rapeseed-mustard on 6.64 million hectares in 2018/19, up from 6.39 million hectares a year ago, SEA said.

Around a quarter of rapeseed crop has been harvested so far and the remaining will be harvested in the next few weeks, the association said.

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