Thursday, March 19, 2009

Breaking News-India’s scapped import duty on soya oil to reduce premium over palm oil

NEW DELHI: The government is doing away with Customs duty on soya oil to narrow its premium over imported palm oil, the world’s cheapest cooking oil and India’s favourite fat, in a highly price-conscious market. Eight out of 10 cans of imported vegetable oil in India now contain palm oil.

A notification will be issued shortly by the finance ministry, said an official who did not wish to be named.