# Why Rubber Must be Kept in the EU’s Anti-Deforestation Law - Mighty Earth

> Mighty Earth urged that natural rubber be restored to the EU's proposed anti-deforestation law, citing a leaked Commission impact assessment that dropped rubber from the list. The proposed law would cover beef, palm oil, soy, wood, cocoa and coffee. The EU consumed about 1.02 million tonnes of natural rubber in 2020.

- Date: 2021-10-25 · published 2021-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44593-why-rubber-must-be-kept-in-the-eu-s-anti-deforestation-law-mighty-earth
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Rubber is not among the feed-relevant commodities here, and the exclusion has no direct effect on feed ingredient prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-11-08 | [EU: Don’t Weaken the Anti-Deforestation Law \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27452-eu-don-t-weaken-the-anti-deforestation-law-human-rights-watch.md) | -2.9% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2021-12-23 | [The EU has a new deforestation law: here’s what it means \| ClientEarth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43616-the-eu-has-a-new-deforestation-law-here-s-what-it-means-clientearth.md) | -0.1% | +6.4% |
| SOY | 2025-09-23 | [EU to delay anti-deforestation law by another year \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22875-eu-to-delay-anti-deforestation-law-by-another-year-reuters.md) | -0.0% | +2.1% |
| SOY | 2023-01-04 | [The EU’s Game-Changing Law to Fight Global Deforestation \| Earth.Org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37817-the-eu-s-game-changing-law-to-fight-global-deforestation-earth-org.md) | +1.5% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2025-01-31 | [Critical Moment for the EU Anti-Deforestation Law \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26536-critical-moment-for-the-eu-anti-deforestation-law-human-rights-watch.md) | +1.6% | -3.1% |
| SBM | 2023-09-01 | [Global impact of the EU’s anti-deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34617-global-impact-of-the-eu-s-anti-deforestation-law.md) | -3.5% | -5.8% |
| SBM | 2024-11-08 | [EU: Don’t Weaken the Anti-Deforestation Law \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27452-eu-don-t-weaken-the-anti-deforestation-law-human-rights-watch.md) | -3.2% | -5.3% |
| SBM | 2025-09-23 | [EU to delay anti-deforestation law by another year \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22875-eu-to-delay-anti-deforestation-law-by-another-year-reuters.md) | -3.5% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- mightyearth.org: https://mightyearth.org/article/why-natural-rubber-must-be-kept-in-the-eus-anti-deforestation-law/

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