Govt raises base import prices of palm, soybean oil

Monday, August 14, 2006, 16:08 [IST]

New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) The Government today hiked the base import prices of crude palm oil and soybean oil.

The price of crude palm oil was raised from 447 US dollar to 481 dollar per tonne while that of crude soybean oil witnessed a marginal raise from 570 dollar to 572 dollar per tonne, an official release here said.

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