# EU brands just four countries as 'high risk' under deforestation law

> The EU has classified four countries as high risk under its deforestation regulation, which covers soy, beef, palm oil, timber, cocoa, coffee and chocolate. Brazil and Indonesia have opposed the law as burdensome and costly.

- Date: 2025-05-22 · published 2025-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24691-eu-brands-just-four-countries-as-high-risk-under-deforestation-law
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher compliance checks on imports from high-risk origins could add cost and friction to soy and palm oil flows, though the direct price effect for feed buyers is modest.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-04-16 | [EU eases deforestation law reporting for companies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25148-eu-eases-deforestation-law-reporting-for-companies.md) | -1.0% | -3.3% |
| SBM | 2022-04-30 | [Intense Negotiations Underway On EU "Deforestation-Free" Law.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41866-intense-negotiations-underway-on-eu-deforestation-free-law.md) | -3.9% | -2.8% |
| SBM | 2023-02-22 | [Food companies under pressure to source deforestation-free products under new EU law \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37352-food-companies-under-pressure-to-source-deforestation-free-products-under-new.md) | -2.2% | -7.2% |
| SBM | 2024-01-15 | [EU Deforestation Regulation: considerations for commodities traders - Lexology](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32131-eu-deforestation-regulation-considerations-for-commodities-traders-lexology.md) | +1.1% | -1.2% |
| SBM | 2023-09-01 | [Global impact of the EU’s anti-deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34617-global-impact-of-the-eu-s-anti-deforestation-law.md) | -3.5% | -5.8% |
| SOY | 2025-11-11 | [EU countries seek another year-long deforestation law delay \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21988-eu-countries-seek-another-year-long-deforestation-law-delay-reuters.md) | +3.7% | -2.6% |
| 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 | 2025-04-16 | [EU eases deforestation law reporting for companies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25148-eu-eases-deforestation-law-reporting-for-companies.md) | +0.4% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/eu-brands-just-four-countries-high-risk-under-deforestation-law-2025-05-22/

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