Nov 13 (Reuters) - India's palm oil imports in 2022/23 rose 23.7% from a year ago to 9.78 million metric tonnes, a trade body said on Monday.

The country's soyoil oil imports in the marketing year ended on Oct. 31 fell to 3.68 million tonnes from 4.17 million tonnes a year ago, Mumbai-based Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said in a statement. (Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)