# Assessing tropical deforestation in Germany's agricultural commodity supply chains | SEI

> A Trase report commissioned by the German government finds 94% of Germany's directly imported deforestation risk from 2016-2018 came from soy, coffee, palm oil, cocoa and cattle. More than 90% of that risk originates in nine countries, including Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia.

- Date: 2024-01-29 · published 2024-01-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32135-assessing-tropical-deforestation-in-germany-s-agricultural-commodity-supply
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Concentrated deforestation risk in Brazilian soy and Indonesian palm oil could push German and EU buyers toward verified supply, supporting premiums for compliant origins.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2016-12-17 | [Companies are underestimating the risks of deforestation in their commodities supply chains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73496-companies-are-underestimating-the-risks-of-deforestation-in-their-commodities.md) | -4.6% | +3.7% |
| SOY | 2018-08-13 | [Trase.earth tracks commodities, links supply chains to deforestation risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63556-trase-earth-tracks-commodities-links-supply-chains-to-deforestation-risk.md) | +4.2% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2016-11-03 | [Biggest threat to forests, beef lags in push to cut supply chain deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73863-biggest-threat-to-forests-beef-lags-in-push-to-cut-supply-chain-deforestation.md) | +0.5% | +5.2% |
| SOY | 2019-06-11 | [Eliminating deforestation from supply chains by 2020: a review of the Amsterdam Declaration countries – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58616-eliminating-deforestation-from-supply-chains-by-2020-a-review-of-the-amsterdam.md) | +6.3% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2025-07-01 | [New European Soy Report Highlights Progress and Challenges in Transition to Deforestation-Free Supply Chains  - ProTerra Foundation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23779-new-european-soy-report-highlights-progress-and-challenges-in-transition-to.md) | 0.0% | -4.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-03-07 | [FAO Food Price Index Climbs, While Some See Continued Strong Chinese Demand for Agricultural Commodities \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8637-fao-food-price-index-climbs-while-some-see-continued-strong-chinese-demand-for.md) | +6.6% | -1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-06-19 | [Soybean meal and oil: global demand sustains market, but excess supply pressures prices in the second half of the year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18880-soybean-meal-and-oil-global-demand-sustains-market-but-excess-supply-pressures.md) | -0.0% | +0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-09-02 | [Global food commodity prices rebound in August](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9829-global-food-commodity-prices-rebound-in-august.md) | +4.6% | +4.8% |

## Sources

- sei.org: https://www.sei.org/publications/deforestation-germanys-commodity-supply-chains/

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