India November mustard seed crushing up around 6% on month at 475,000 tonne

Mustard oil mills across the country crushed 475,000 metric tonne of the oilseed in November, up nearly 6% on month. Crushing rose in November due to higher arrivals in wholesale markets. Farmers liquidated stocks to raise money for rabi sowing. Since the beginning of the crushing season in February, oil mills have crushed about 5.3 million metric tonne of mustard seed compared with the total supply of 5.4 million metric tonne.