Netherlands: In 2019, 25.3% of soy imports were certified deforestation-free

Published 2021년 6월 30일

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A report by the Sustainable Trade Initiative for the year 2019 reveals that 42.2% of soy flour in the European Union was responsible and met the guidelines of the European Feed Producers' Association (FEFAC. The report also highlighted that 25.3% of the soy was 'deforestation-free' and 80.4% of imports were from low deforestation risk areas. The Netherlands led by example, using only soy that met FEFAC guidelines and was deforestation-free.

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On June 14, the Sustainable Trade Initiative published a new report with figures on the soy market in 2019. According to the authors of the report, 42.2% of the soy flour used in the European Union in that year met the guidelines for responsible soy that the European Feed Producers' Association uses FEFAC, 25.3% was certified as 'deforestation-free' and 80.4% of soy imports came from areas with a low risk of deforestation. In the Netherlands, all soy used in 2019 was in accordance with the guidelines of the FEFAC and also certified deforestation-free. This concerns a converted quantity of 855,500 tons. For the calculations, the import ...

Source: Agri Holland