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Indian curry loses its tang as Ukraine war puts cooking oil on backburner

Curry-loving India annually buys 13.5 million tonnes of cooking oil from seven countries. AFP - SUNIL VERMA

Indians have been rationing cooking oil amid the rising cost of Ukrainian and Russian products and export curbs by Indonesia. The world’s second-largest consumer market is now switching to cheaper products to keep kitchens running.

Indonesia on 28 April banned the export of palm oil to clamp down on rising domestic prices. The move held up 300,000 tonnes of scheduled supplies to India.

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