COMMODITY
India’s crude oil import rises 9% in July: PPAC
Aug-20-2026

The Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) in its latest data has showed that India’s crude oil import rose 9.25% to 214.05 lakh metric tonnes in July 2026 as compared to 195.92 lakh metric tonnes in June 2026. In July 2025, the crude oil import was 188.89 lakh metric tonnes. 

Overall, crude oil import increased marginally by 0.45% to 818.86 lakh metric tonnes during April-July period of current fiscal year (FY27) as compared to 815.18 lakh metric tonnes during the same period of previous year.

However, the import of petroleum products declined marginally by 1.67% to 25.33 lakh metric tonnes in July 2026, from 25.76 lakh metric tonnes in June 2026. Among the products, import of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stood at 8.70 lakh metric tonnes, Naphtha at 0.30 lakh metric tonnes, LOBS/ Lube oil at 2.52 lakh metric tonnes, Fuel Oil at 2.33 lakh metric tonnes, Bitumen at 1.87 lakh metric tonnes, Petcoke at 7.28 lakh metric tonnes and others at 2.31 lakh metric tonnes.

  RELATED NEWS >>