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The EU Council adopted its negotiating position on a regulation requiring mandatory due diligence for operators and traders who place, make available or export palm oil, beef, timber, coffee, cocoa and soy in the EU market, along with derived products such as leather and chocolate. The text adds a country benchmarking system that assigns low, standard or high deforestation risk, which sets the level of inspections.
Small operators may rely on larger operators for their due diligence declarations.
Compliance costs and traceability demands could raise the cost of soy, palm oil and beef entering the EU, which may shift trade flows toward lower-risk origins. The law is still a proposal, so the price impact is for now a medium-term risk rather than an immediate move.
business-humanrights.orgCouncil of the EUJun 28, 2022
consilium.europa.euJun 28, 2022After 102 past neutral policy events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.6% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.2%), and +1.3% over 20.
After 554 past neutral policy events, Soybeans moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.6%), and +0.6% over 20.
After 513 past neutral policy events, Palm Oil moved a median 0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.4%), and -0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
