# EU imports of soy should be reduced, says Agriculture Commissioner

> EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said on 16 December that the EU should gradually reduce soy imports from third countries, though not overnight. He pointed to supporting homegrown protein crop and feed production under the new CAP as the route.

- Date: 2019-12-18 · published 2019-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55606-eu-imports-of-soy-should-be-reduced-says-agriculture-commissioner
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A sustained push to cut EU soybean and soymeal imports would reduce demand from Americas exporters over the long run, a bearish signal for soybeans and soybean meal, though the timeline is slow.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-04-20 | [EU Regulation on deforestation-free products: What comes next for importers / exporters of agricultural commodities? \| BLOMSTEIN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36440-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-what-comes-next-for-importers.md) | -4.7% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2023-04-10 | [China makes an effort to reduce soybean imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36361-china-makes-an-effort-to-reduce-soybean-imports.md) | +0.5% | -1.6% |
| SOY | 2018-06-26 | [Government regulation is the missing ingredient in efforts to end deforestation driven by agriculture (commentary)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64537-government-regulation-is-the-missing-ingredient-in-efforts-to-end-deforestation.md) | -3.0% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2025-06-16 | [MAHA report on seed oils raises concerns for US agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24330-maha-report-on-seed-oils-raises-concerns-for-us-agriculture.md) | -1.0% | -7.0% |
| SBM | 2023-04-10 | [China makes an effort to reduce soybean imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36361-china-makes-an-effort-to-reduce-soybean-imports.md) | +0.7% | -5.3% |
| SBM | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -1.5% | -5.3% |
| SBM | 2018-06-04 | [Argentina: Argentina’s Delay of Soybean Export Tax Reduction Unlikely \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64370-argentina-argentina-s-delay-of-soybean-export-tax-reduction-unlikely-usda.md) | -4.4% | -11.1% |

## Sources

- euractiv.com: https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-imports-of-soy-should-be-reduced-says-agriculture-commissioner/

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