India: in 2017 areas under oil crops cultivation will be at 6 years low

According to Oil World, in 2017 areas under oil crops cultivation in India will decline by 7% down to 10.7 million hectares - a 6 years low.

Harvest in the country is not completed yet and new downward corrections are possible.

Now oil prices in India are at historical low. Thus farmers are increasing the areas under cotton by 1.7 million hectares and under leguminous crops by 0.3 million hectares.

Low soybean prices in India force farmers to keep down sales as stocks grow. It is expected at the end of 2016 – 2017 soybean stocks to reach 1.9 million tonnes.