# EU countries approve year-long delay to deforestation law | Reuters

> EU countries approved a one-year delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation, which would ban imports of cocoa, palm oil and other commodities linked to forest destruction. Foreign exporters would still need to provide due diligence statements proving their products did not contribute to deforestation.

- Date: 2025-12-18 · published 2025-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21521-eu-countries-approve-year-long-delay-to-deforestation-law-reuters
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Postponing the rules keeps EU access open for soy and palm oil from South America and Southeast Asia for longer, which could ease near-term import demand pressure and weigh modestly on prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-09-23 | [EU to delay anti-deforestation law by another year \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22875-eu-to-delay-anti-deforestation-law-by-another-year-reuters.md) | -0.0% | +2.1% |
| SOY | 2025-11-26 | [European Parliament supports year-long deforestation law delay \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21985-european-parliament-supports-year-long-deforestation-law-delay-reuters.md) | -0.8% | -5.5% |
| SOY | 2022-12-06 | [EU agrees law preventing import of goods linked to deforestation \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38273-eu-agrees-law-preventing-import-of-goods-linked-to-deforestation-reuters.md) | +1.6% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2023-04-19 | [EU lawmakers back ban on goods linked to deforestation \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36438-eu-lawmakers-back-ban-on-goods-linked-to-deforestation-reuters.md) | -4.9% | -10.2% |
| SOY | 2025-11-27 | [EU backs another one-year delay for EUDR antideforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21989-eu-backs-another-one-year-delay-for-eudr-antideforestation-law.md) | -1.1% | -6.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-09-23 | [EU to delay anti-deforestation law by another year \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22875-eu-to-delay-anti-deforestation-law-by-another-year-reuters.md) | -0.4% | +0.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-07-13 | [EU adds some palm oil products to deforestation law, removes leather \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18353-eu-adds-some-palm-oil-products-to-deforestation-law-removes-leather-reuters.md) | +0.5% | +3.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-12-06 | [EU agrees law preventing import of goods linked to deforestation \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38273-eu-agrees-law-preventing-import-of-goods-linked-to-deforestation-reuters.md) | -4.6% | +3.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/eu-countries-approve-year-long-delay-deforestation-law-2025-12-18/

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