Archive · 1 Oct 2025
Brazil Regulator Upholds Amazon Soy Moratorium Through 2025
Imagine some companies are trying to protect the Amazon rainforest.
They made a rule saying they won't buy soybeans from farmers who cut down trees after 2008.
The government's rule-making team agreed, saying the companies can keep doing this until the end of 2025.
This helps protect the forest, and the companies want to keep following the rules.
The government is also checking if this agreement between the companies is fair to make sure it is not unfair to others.
This decision is also timely as Brazil is hosting a big climate meeting soon.
Brazil's antitrust regulator favored soybean traders to continue their Amazon deforestation pact.
The moratorium, which prevents buying soy from deforested land, is extended through 2025.
Activities related to the moratorium, such as auditing, will continue.
The decision gives companies and agencies time to reach understanding.
The regulator will investigate if the pact created a cartel.
- Who
- Brazil’s antitrust regulator (CADE) and major soybean traders like Cargill and Bunge.
- What
- Ruled in favor of allowing soybean traders to continue a pact boycotting crops from recently deforested land in the Amazon.
- When
- The ruling was made on Tuesday; the moratorium will continue through the end of 2025.
- Where
- Brazil, specifically concerning the Amazon rainforest.
- Why
- To give companies and government time to deliberate, and reduce environmental risks.
- Key Parties
- Cargill, Bunge, Abiove, Cade
- Moratorium Goal
- Prevent soy from deforested land post-2008
- Regulator
- CADE (Brazil's antitrust regulator)
- Decision Date
- Tuesday
- Timeline
- Moratorium extended through the end of 2025
- COP30 Summit
- Brazil to host in Belém in November