Archive · 13 Jun 2025
Soyabean Stakeholders Hold Lower Stocks Amid Reduced Production, Exports
Imagine soyabean is like a popular food ingredient.
Right now, there's less of it stored than last year.
Also, factories are crushing less soyabean to make soyameal.
Even though the amount of soyabean grown this year is more than last year, the production of soyameal is lower.
This year, India exported less soyameal compared to last year.
Germany bought the most soyameal, followed by France, Bangladesh, Nepal, Netherlands and Kenya.
Soyabean stocks are estimated at 38.84 lakh tonnes, lower than last year.
Soyabean crushing is down 9% from the previous year.
The 2024 kharif crop is estimated at 125.82 lakh tonnes, higher than the previous year.
Soyameal production is down compared to the previous year.
Soyameal exports have decreased.
- Who
- Soyabean stakeholders.
- What
- Soyabean stocks and soyameal production and exports are down.
- When
- The data is till the end of May 2025, and the current soyabean stocks are estimated as of June 11, 2025.
- Where
- India
- Why
- Impacted by multiple factors including reduced crushing, muted demand and higher prices.
- Total Soyabean Stocks
- 38.84 lakh tonnes
- Soyabean Crushed (till May)
- 79 lakh tonnes
- Soyameal Production (till May)
- 62.34 lakh tonnes
- Kharif Crop Estimate
- 125.82 lakh tonnes
- Soyameal Exports (Oct-May)
- 14.63 lakh tonnes
- Largest Soyameal Buyer
- Germany