# EU Regulation on deforestation-free products: What comes next for importers / exporters of agricultural commodities? | BLOMSTEIN

> A law firm briefing explains the EU Deforestation Regulation adopted by Parliament on 19 April, which prohibits placing listed agricultural and livestock products from deforested areas on the EU market. It notes that Parliament added rubber, charcoal, printed paper and several palm oil products, and sought to extend scope to maize, pork and poultry.

- Date: 2023-04-20 · published 2023-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36440-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-what-comes-next-for-importers
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

If maize, pork and poultry are added, the scope of EU import compliance would widen, adding cost and uncertainty for exporters of these feed-related commodities.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: neutral
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-08-04 | [New Export Price Mechanism for Agricultural Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12806-new-export-price-mechanism-for-agricultural-products.md) | -0.5% | +10.1% |
| CORN | 2019-06-14 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58551-federal-register-modernizing-the-regulatory-framework-for-agricultural.md) | +1.7% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2019-05-08 | [WTO Dispute Panel Report on China’s Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) for Certain Agricultural Products - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58951-wto-dispute-panel-report-on-china-s-administration-of-tariff-rate-quotas-trqs.md) | +0.3% | +10.5% |
| CORN | 2017-07-19 | [Preventive trade policies restrict export of key agri commodities: stu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69947-preventive-trade-policies-restrict-export-of-key-agri-commodities-stu.md) | -1.3% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2023-01-23 | [The origins of deforestation-risk commodities linked to the EU market - AidEnvironment](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37814-the-origins-of-deforestation-risk-commodities-linked-to-the-eu-market.md) | -0.4% | -0.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-05-03 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-free products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35974-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +9.2% | +2.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-01-01 | [Regulation on Deforestation-free Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38269-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +4.8% | +1.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-04-02 | [EUDR: Navigating the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30768-eudr-navigating-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +1.9% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- blomstein.com: https://www.blomstein.com/en/news/eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-what-comes-next-for-importers-exporters-of-agricultural-commodities

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