copra oil production line karnataka in south africa

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Are copra & coconut oil prices going up?
  • Milling copra prices have moved up by about 30 per cent and are hovering in the range of ?132 per kg in Kerala and ?130 in Tamil Nadu while coconut oil prices have touched ?188 and ?185, respectively.
  • Are copra prices linked to edible oil prices?
  • Anekatte Vishwanath of the Coconut Growers Association feels that the prices of copra are inextricably linked with edible oil pricing. “The import of palm oil has had a major effect on coconut growers,” he says. In fact, India is the largest importer of palm oil in the world.
  • How does copra work?
  • One nice thing about copra is that everyone gets to be their own boss- all they need is a plot of land with coconut trees, and some basic infrastructure for drying out the coconuts. People work on their own schedule; and in turn, they are rewarded for their efforts.
  • How is dry copra extracted?
  • More commonly, the dry copra is first extracted by the solvent-free method using expellers to obtain better quality coconut oil. Then the residue is processed through solvent extraction plant using food-grade hexane as a solvent to extract the residual coconut oil (8 to 12%). Dry copra may be extracted directly in solvent extraction plants.