Status of Vegetable Oil Industry in India (As on January, 2010)

Type of Vegetable Oil Industry

No. of Units

Annual Installed Capacity (Lakh MT)

Average Capacity Utilisation (%)

Oilseed Crushing Units

150000 (Approx)

450 (In Terms of Seeds)

15-25

Solvent Extraction Units

810

350 (In Terms of Oil-Bearing Material)

31

Refineries Attached with Vanaspati Units

135

55 (In Terms of Oil)

45

Refineries Attached with Solvent Units

310

38 (In Terms of Oil)

25

Independent Refineries

615

45 (In Terms of Oil)

32

Average of all Refineries

1060

138 (In Terms of Oil)

35

Vanapati Units

128

38 (In Terms of Vanaspati, Bakery Shortening and Margarine)

35