# EUDR compliance costs to be minimal, report finds — but industry disagrees

> Profundo, a Dutch research group, estimated EUDR compliance costs at about 0.1% of revenue for the 12 companies it studied. Industry groups, including the EU vegetable oil association, called the methodology flawed.

- Date: 2025-03-18 · published 2025-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25601-eudr-compliance-costs-to-be-minimal-report-finds-but-industry-disagrees
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Compliance costs appear small, so the regulation is unlikely to reduce EU imports of soy or palm oil much. Dispute over the estimate leaves the market impact uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| PALMOIL | 2016-11-03 | [Report: Forest Protection Pledges Have Surged, But Progress Has Been Mixed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73865-report-forest-protection-pledges-have-surged-but-progress-has-been-mixed.md) | +2.2% | +5.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-03-01 | [Palm oil prices likely to hover around current prices in March, says industry council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20689-palm-oil-prices-likely-to-hover-around-current-prices-in-march-says-industry.md) | +5.0% | +8.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-08-14 | [EU commodities import continue to drive deforestation - EMMA4EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28805-eu-commodities-import-continue-to-drive-deforestation-emma4eu.md) | +1.7% | +7.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-09-25 | [How to nurture the growth of Indonesian biodiesel - Landscape Alliance Forests News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62897-how-to-nurture-the-growth-of-indonesian-biodiesel-landscape-alliance-forests.md) | -2.4% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- news.mongabay.com: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/eudr-compliance-costs-to-be-minimal-report-finds-but-industry-disagrees/

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