India’s export of oilseeds and products dates back to many decades. Oilseeds are generally, seeds grown primarily for the production of edible (i.e. cooking) oils. Groundnuts, Sesame seeds, Safflower seeds, Sunflower seeds, Niger seeds, Mustard seeds, found their way from India to the international market many years ago. Groundnut and Sesame together account for over 80% share in India’s oilseed export basket. Oilseeds play an increasingly important role in society, both as an edible food product and for industrial uses. The benefits include the valuable oil component and the secondary but also useful meal, which provides high energy and nutritionally important food.