Mustard oil mills across the country crushed 900,000 tn of the oilseed in May, unchanged from the previous month. New crop arrivals begin in February, and gain momentum by March. Arrivals remain in full swing till May and start dwindling from June. During Mar 1-May 31, total supply of mustard seed were estimated at 4.0 mln tn. Arrivals in Rajasthan, the largest grower, was at 1.3 mln tn, Uttar Pradesh at 565,000 tn, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh together at 235,000 tn. Crushing of mustard may lose steam in June as arrivals would start declining. For 2017-18 (Jul-Jun), India’s mustard output is seen at 7.2 mln tn, up from 6.9 mln tn harvested in the previous year. Mustard output in the country is seen higher due to better yields in key growing regions because of favourable weather.