Indias imports of vegetable oils, comprising edible and non-edible oils, rose 28 per cent to 15.66 lakh tonnes in December, driven by higher shipments of refined palmolein and crude palm oil. The data showed that 4,58,646 tonnes of refined oils all of its RBD palmolein were imported during November-December 2022 compared to 82,267 tonnes in the year-ago period.