India's vegetable oil imports fell 4.71 per cent to 16.09 lakh tonnes in August from 16.94 lakh tonnes a year earlier, as palm oil shipments dropped amid rising global prices and a weaker rupee that raised the cost of imported edible oils, industry body Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said on Tuesday.

For the November-August period of the 2025-26 oil year, total vegetable oil imports rose 4 per cent to 138.8 lakh tonnes from 133.37 lakh tonnes a year earlier, SEA said in a statement.