12/06/2012 (Reuters) - Traders' forecasts for India's vegetable oils imports in May 2012 in tonnes, and percentage change from the previous month and a year ago.

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PRODUCT      RANGE         AVERAGE   YR AGO  MONTH AGO   % CHANGE            
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Palm Oil   600,000-715,000  637,375  531,299 512,137   20.0  24.5            
Soyoil      90,000-140,000  111,750   60,600 216,509   84.4 -48.4           
Sunflower   90,000-140,000  110,750   40,400 129,538  174.0 -14.5           
Edible Oil 825,000-915,000  858,625  635,937 897,404   35.0  -4.3            
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Vegoil     851,000-941,000  884,625  664,133 925,334   33.2  -4.4            
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NOTE: The estimates are based on forecasts of eight traders. Some of the traders do not closely track imports of non-edible oils but traders generally expect non-edible oils imports to be about 26,000 tonnes in May.