March 13 (Reuters) - India's palm oil imports in February fell about 36% from the previous month to 497,824 metric tons, a trade body said on Wednesday.

Imports of soyoil slipped 8% to 172,936 tons, those of sunflower oil were up about 35% at 297,092 tons, while total vegetable oil imports fell 19% to 0.97 million tons, the Mumbai-based Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said in a statement.

(Reporting by Swati Verma in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)