New Delhi, June 5 -- India has emerged as a key supplier of oil meal for China's livestock and poultry feed, with exports having surged more than 25-fold to $157 million in 2025, as Beijing diversifies feed imports away from its traditional suppliers. India had shipped out oil meal worth $6.1 million in 2024.

According to the World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) data, reviewed by Mint, India's oil meal exports to China has surged from $15.7 million in 2015, marking a nearly 900% rise over the decade, and raising China's share in India's global oil meal shipments to 13.5% in 2025 from 0.4% in 2024.

The shift comes as China, world's largest consumer of animal feed ingredients, looks to reduce dependence on its traditional suppliers such...