The India cottonseed oil market is expected to witness significant growth due to its increasing demand from the food and consumer goods industries.
What is the difference between cotton seed processing and traditional method?
Scientific processing of Cotton Seed Processing results in extraction of nearly entire cottonseed oil, while the oil cake obtained by traditional method still contains about 7% residual oil. This high residual oil is not required by the animals but ironically much in demand because of misconception among the dairymen.
How is cottonseed processed?
Cottonseed could either be processed by the traditional crude method of crushing seed without Delinting in un-decorticated form or by scientific processing used for Cotton Seed Processing, which involves removal of De-linters, decortication, separation of hull, expelling, solvent extraction and refining of oil.
How is India cottonseed oil market performing in 2023?
India Cottonseed Oil market currently, in 2023, has witnessed an HHI of 7961, Which has increased moderately as compared to the HHI of 7150 in 2017. The market is moving towards Highly concentrated. Herfindahl index measures the competitiveness of exporting countries.