# FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation

> FiBL released a report, commissioned by Fern, analyzing how current CAP measures may drive deforestation abroad through feed imports. It finds that a reformed CAP dropping certain payments could lower livestock production and corresponding soy feed imports.

- Date: 2017-05-02 · published 2017-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The report suggests future CAP reform could reduce EU demand for imported soybean meal over the longer term, but the changes are hypothetical and not yet enacted.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2017-05-04 | [Drawing out links between the Common Agricultural Policy, soy, and deforestation in South America - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71038-drawing-out-links-between-the-common-agricultural-policy-soy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -5.4% |
| SBM | 2024-03-13 | [EU attempts to smooth South American complaints over deforestation policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31222-eu-attempts-to-smooth-south-american-complaints-over-deforestation-policy.md) | -0.7% | -2.5% |
| SBM | 2018-12-31 | [Profiles and Effects of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Exports - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61443-profiles-and-effects-of-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agricultural-exports.md) | +3.0% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2022-11-14 | [7 Key Updates on the EU Deforestation-Free Products Regulation - Satelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38688-7-key-updates-on-the-eu-deforestation-free-products-regulation-satelligence.md) | +0.4% | +9.0% |
| SBM | 2017-04-21 | [Parliament resolves to tackle EU’s role in driving illegal deforestation through imports of agro-commodities \| Earthsight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71524-parliament-resolves-to-tackle-eu-s-role-in-driving-illegal-deforestation.md) | +0.8% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2017-05-04 | [Drawing out links between the Common Agricultural Policy, soy, and deforestation in South America - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71038-drawing-out-links-between-the-common-agricultural-policy-soy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.4% | -5.5% |
| 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 | 2024-10-01 | [Trade Policy Shifts and Their Potential Implications for U.S. Agricultural Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14723-trade-policy-shifts-and-their-potential-implications-for-u-s-agricultural.md) | -2.2% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- fibl.org: https://www.fibl.org/en/info-centre/news/report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation

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