# EU countries seek another year-long deforestation law delay | Reuters

> EU member states are seeking another year-long delay to the Deforestation Regulation, facing pushback from industries that call the measures costly and logistically challenging. Trading partners such as Brazil and the US have also raised complaints. The article is a short excerpt.

- Date: 2025-11-11 · published 2025-11-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21988-eu-countries-seek-another-year-long-deforestation-law-delay-reuters
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Repeated delays signal that EU deforestation rules may remain a softer constraint on soy, beef and palm oil imports. This keeps the compliance premium uncertain for exporters.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-12-18 | [Delay to EU deforestation law confirmed after countries approve \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26988-delay-to-eu-deforestation-law-confirmed-after-countries-approve-reuters.md) | -0.2% | +4.3% |
| SOY | 2025-05-26 | [Eleven countries demand EU weakens deforestation law further, document shows \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24694-eleven-countries-demand-eu-weakens-deforestation-law-further-document-shows.md) | -2.5% | -1.3% |
| SOY | 2024-07-05 | [EU resists calls to delay deforestation law, letter shows \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29291-eu-resists-calls-to-delay-deforestation-law-letter-shows-reuters.md) | -2.9% | -13.1% |
| SOY | 2025-07-07 | [EU countries seek more cuts to deforestation rules, letter shows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23774-eu-countries-seek-more-cuts-to-deforestation-rules-letter-shows.md) | -4.9% | -8.9% |
| SOY | 2024-12-01 | [EU lawmakers seek change to deforestation law and approve delay](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27445-eu-lawmakers-seek-change-to-deforestation-law-and-approve-delay.md) | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-18 | [Delay to EU deforestation law confirmed after countries approve \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26988-delay-to-eu-deforestation-law-confirmed-after-countries-approve-reuters.md) | -2.1% | -12.9% |
| PALMOIL | 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) | +1.9% | +0.1% |
| PALMOIL | 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% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/eu-countries-draft-proposal-delay-deforestation-law-by-one-year-december-2026-2025-11-11/

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