# EUDR: Stringent rules for importers, economic operators and traders | Baker Tilly

> A Baker Tilly insight explains that the EU Deforestation Regulation applies to large companies from 30 December 2025 and to SMEs from 30 June 2026. Traders of wood, cocoa, palm oil and other covered goods must show deforestation-free production and file due diligence statements.

- Date: 2025-06-26 · published 2025-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24235-eudr-stringent-rules-for-importers-economic-operators-and-traders-baker-tilly
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Compliance obligations for soy and palm oil imports into the EU raise traceability costs and could divert supply toward non-EU markets, a modest factor for vegetable oil and meal pricing.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SBO: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-03-09 | [Biodiesel leaders push for producer’s tax credit, cite jobs and economic benefits - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71865-biodiesel-leaders-push-for-producer-s-tax-credit-cite-jobs-and-economic.md) | -3.2% | -4.4% |
| SBO | 2025-04-11 | [Beginning of stage 3 of the economic program with relaxation of currency restrictions and an exchange rate to float within a band \| BCRA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25427-beginning-of-stage-3-of-the-economic-program-with-relaxation-of-currency.md) | +2.3% | +4.3% |
| SBO | 2024-07-10 | [Global commodity traders prepare for EUDR compliance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29293-global-commodity-traders-prepare-for-eudr-compliance.md) | -1.3% | -6.8% |
| SBO | 2022-01-11 | [Explainer: What is at stake for the U.S. biofuel blending law in 2022 and beyond \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15426-explainer-what-is-at-stake-for-the-u-s-biofuel-blending-law-in-2022-and-beyond.md) | -0.7% | +6.7% |
| SBO | 2024-07-15 | [What impact will EUDR have on Brazilian soy trade with EU?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29290-what-impact-will-eudr-have-on-brazilian-soy-trade-with-eu.md) | -2.0% | -5.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-04-16 | [Q&A on EUDR: main provisions for operators and traders](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19735-q-and-a-on-eudr-main-provisions-for-operators-and-traders.md) | +0.8% | -0.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-07-25 | [European Commission to open EUDR registry to operators and traders from November 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29295-european-commission-to-open-eudr-registry-to-operators-and-traders-from.md) | +0.1% | +0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-01-10 | [WWF and Trase report on EU deforestation footprint mobilises support for EUDR - Impact stories - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49160-wwf-and-trase-report-on-eu-deforestation-footprint-mobilises-support-for-eudr.md) | -6.2% | -12.3% |

## Sources

- bakertilly.nl: https://www.bakertilly.nl/en/inzichten/kennisartikel/eu-deforestation-regulation-eudr-stringent-rules-for-importers-economic-operators-and-traders

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