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India s vegetable oil imports in February fell 8% to 700,769 tonne from a year ago as higher purchases in the previous months pushed up port stocks, the Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) said on Monday. Imports which were at 762,544 tonne in February last year were, however, up 6.9% in the first four months of the oil year that began in November at 3.1 million tonne, the SEA data showed. Appreciation of rupee vis-a-vis dollar and zero import duty on crude vegetable oil and marginal duty on refined vegetable oils encouraged import during peak crushing season in India, SEA ...