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INDIA 02/03 OILSEED OUTPUT SEEN DOWN AT 16.1 MLN T
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NEW DELHI, March 10 (Reuters) - India's oilseeds output in the 2002/03(November-October) crop season is forecast at 16.13 million tonnes,sharply lower from last year's 20.24 million, due to the lack of monsoonrains, a trade body said on Monday.Summer oilseeds output is expected to fall to 7.26 million tonnes from7.94 million tonnes a year earlier, the Central Organisation for OilIndustry and Trade (COOIT) said in a statement.COOIT also lowered its earlier forecast on output from the winter crop,which is harvested in October and November, to 8.87 million tonnes from9.67 million tonnes. The country produced 12.3 million tonnes in thewinter season last year.The summer crop is sown in November-December and harvested inMarch-April.India's four-month monsoon rains arrived in the southern coast on timein June, but the crucial month of July was dry in most oilseed-growingregions.