Statistics: Russia’s palm oil imports fall 7% on year in Jan-Jun

MOSCOW, Aug 22 (PRIME) -- Russian palm oil imports decreased 7% on the year to 381,000 tonnes in January-June, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a statement on Tuesday.

In June, imports dropped 6.4% on the month and grew 25.7% on the year to 55,800 tonnes.

Imports of coconut, palm kernel and babassu butter grew 9.5% on the year to 42,600 tonnes in January-June and increased 42% on the year and 10.2% on the month to 7,500 tonnes in June.

Imports of sunflower, safflower and cotton oil jumped 550% on the year to 9,000 tonnes in January-June, 560% on the year and 70% on the month to 2,500 tonnes in June.

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