# Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products – Global Canopy

> Global Canopy reports on a Trase policy briefing urging the EU to target deforestation checks at higher-risk areas in its proposed import regulation. Trase data shows 80% of deforestation linked to EU soy and beef imports from Brazil occurs in under 5% of producing municipalities.

- Date: 2022-03-21 · published 2022-03-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42305-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-global-canopy
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Targeted enforcement could concentrate compliance costs on specific Brazilian soy and beef origins, a structural factor for EU soymeal sourcing without an immediate price signal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-05-19 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41417-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2022-03-15 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42298-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-insights-trase.md) | +0.2% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2024-08-29 | [The EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) \| Crowe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28802-the-eu-s-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-eudr-crowe.md) | +5.2% | +8.6% |
| SOY | 2022-03-17 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products - Proforest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42304-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-proforest.md) | +4.2% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2025-02-06 | [EUDR Regulation on Deforestation-free Products \| GA-Alliance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26072-eudr-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-ga-alliance.md) | -2.8% | -4.1% |
| SBM | 2022-03-15 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42298-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-insights-trase.md) | -6.5% | -11.2% |
| SBM | 2024-07-10 | [New study on the unintended effects of the EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-free products - Clever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29297-new-study-on-the-unintended-effects-of-the-eu-s-regulation-on-deforestation.md) | -9.3% | -6.5% |
| SBM | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |

## Sources

- globalcanopy.org: https://globalcanopy.org/insights/news/strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products/

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