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EUobserver reported that the European Commission proposed legislation requiring companies that sell soy, beef, palm oil, wood, cocoa and coffee in the EU to ensure their production is not linked to deforestation. Companies must provide the geographic coordinates of production sites, and fines apply for breaches.
The rules are simpler for low-risk countries and stricter for high-risk ones.
Geolocation and due-diligence requirements add traceability costs for soy and palm oil suppliers, especially from higher-risk origins. This could push EU buyers toward low-risk origins and affect relative soy and palm oil flows.
euobserver.comElena Sánchez NicolásNov 18, 2021After 369 past bearish policy events, Soybeans moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.8%), and +0.8% over 20.
After 400 past bearish policy events, Palm Oil moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.1%), and +0.2% 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.
