10/04/2002 (Financial Times) - Major consumers of palm oil such as Indiaand Pakistan may reduce their imports of edible oils in the next fewmonths, as they harvest their own crops. India may reduce its imports ofedible oils by about 200,000 tonnes, as harvesting of soyabeans,groundnuts and rapeseed begins in Oct 2002. Analysts opine that India mayimport about 300,000 tonnes of edible oil for Oct 2002.