India mustard crushing down 28% on month at 650,000 tn in June.

Mustard oil mills across the country crushed 650,000 tn of the oilseed in June, down 28% from the previous month. The on-month decline in crushing was because arrivals at key wholesale markets started shrinking as the lean season set in. During Mar 1-Jun 30, overall supply of the oilseed was at 4.8 mln tn. Arrivals in Rajasthan, the top producer, were at 1.6 mln tn, in Uttar Pradesh at 655,000 tn, ans Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh at a combined 280,000 tn. Stocks with farmers, processors, and stockists were at 3.8 mln tn, he said. As on Feb 28, mustard carryover stock were estimated at 400,000 tn. Crushing of mustard may fall further in July, as arrivals have started declining.