# New handbooks guide businesses on EU rules to fight deforestation | ITC

> The International Trade Centre has updated its handbooks on the EU deforestation regulation and launched three new guides. The regulation applies to commodities including coffee, cocoa, palm oil, cattle, rubber, soya and wood from December 30, 2025.

- Date: 2025-09-09 · published 2025-09-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22877-new-handbooks-guide-businesses-on-eu-rules-to-fight-deforestation-itc
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

This is guidance for businesses preparing for compliance and does not change supply or demand directly, so its price impact is negligible.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-02-01 | [Navigating EU Deforestation Regulation: from guidelines to best practices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26532-navigating-eu-deforestation-regulation-from-guidelines-to-best-practices.md) | +0.7% | -4.2% |
| SOY | 2021-11-18 | [EU imposes rules on six products to halt ‘imported deforestation’ – EUobserver](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44103-eu-imposes-rules-on-six-products-to-halt-imported-deforestation-euobserver.md) | -0.8% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2023-05-16 | [Council adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35969-council-adopts-new-rules-to-cut-deforestation-worldwide.md) | -4.2% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2020-05-04 | [New EU rules to remove deforestation from supply chains – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53149-new-eu-rules-to-remove-deforestation-from-supply-chains-global-canopy.md) | +0.2% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2022-06-28 | [Council agrees on new rules to drive down deforestation and forest degradation globally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40965-council-agrees-on-new-rules-to-drive-down-deforestation-and-forest-degradation.md) | -3.4% | -6.0% |
| SBM | 2024-10-24 | [How AI can help the food sector to meet new deforestation rules](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27896-how-ai-can-help-the-food-sector-to-meet-new-deforestation-rules.md) | -3.9% | -8.0% |
| SBM | 2023-08-22 | [EU Adopts New Regulation To Reduce Global Deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34614-eu-adopts-new-regulation-to-reduce-global-deforestation.md) | +3.5% | -4.2% |
| SBM | 2025-09-12 | [How the EU Deforestation Regulation affects your business \| Freshfields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22878-how-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-affects-your-business-freshfields.md) | -1.4% | -5.4% |

## Sources

- intracen.org: https://www.intracen.org/news-and-events/news/new-handbooks-guide-businesses-on-eu-rules-to-fight-deforestation

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