Edible Oil Stocks Steady at China, Pakistan Ports

23-Jul-2025 07:58 PM

Shanghai. Like India, China and Pakistan are also important importers of edible oils. Both these countries import palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia and soybean oil and rapeseed oil from other countries in good quantities.

During January-April 2025, when there was a huge decline in the import of palm oil in India, both these countries supported the exporters of Malaysia and Indonesia.

According to the data received, the stock of 3.66 lakh tonnes of edible oils was present at the ports of Pakistan on 14 July 2025, which decreased by 12 thousand tonnes to 3.54 lakh tonnes on 21 July.

Under this, the stock of RBD palmolein fell from 1.72 lakh tonnes to 1.67 lakh tonnes, the stock of refined palm oil slipped from 1.31 lakh tonnes to 1.30 lakh tonnes and the stock of crude degum soybean oil fell from 63 thousand tonnes to 57 thousand tonnes.

As on 21st July 2025, 7.05 lakh tonnes of edible oil was delivered last week, while during the current week, ships carrying 1,10,900 tonnes of edible oil are expected to arrive, while in the previous week, ships carrying 70,500 tonnes had arrived.

As far as China is concerned, the stock of edible oil was 8,13,160 tonnes on 11th July, which increased by 32,730 tonnes to 8,45,890 tonnes on 18th July. This also included the stock of whole soybean and soy DOC.

According to the data received, on July 18, as compared to July 11, the stock of palm oil at Chinese ports increased from 49,500 tons to 53,600 tons, soybean oil stock improved from 91,800 tons to 96,400 tons but rapeseed oil stock slipped from 70,600 tons to 69,500 tons.

Apart from this, the stock of whole soybean at Chinese ports increased by 15 thousand tons from 5.22 lakh tons to 5.37 lakh tons and the stock of soybean DOC improved by 10,100 tons from 79,300 tons to 89,400 tons. China is the largest importer of soybean.