← Signals

Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

India's August crude oil imports fall over 11% month-on-month

The Economic Times - Industry Trade press Published 18th September 2026 India

Open original report economictimes.indiatimes.com

What the source reported

Source-reported

India's crude oil imports in August witnessed a significant decline, falling by more than eleven percent compared to July. On an annual basis, imports also dropped by three percent. Although there was a rise in product imports from the prior month, year-on-year comparisons showed a sharp decrease. Fuel consumption reached a concerning low, the weakest since September 2024.

Publication
The Economic Times - Industry · Trade Publication
Published
18th September 2026
Original report
economictimes.indiatimes.com

ProcIntel stores what the source published in its feed — a headline, a summary and a link. It does not store or reproduce the full article.

What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
India
Organisations
None identified
Collected
18th September 2026 · 12:44

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.

Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (18.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth
Possibly the same underlying story as India's August soyoil, palm oil imports rise on stocking — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.