By Jackson Cooper and Oscar Pandiello ( September 23, 2025, 15:56 GMT | Insight) -- EU deforestation rules would be postponed for another year under a proposal by the European Commission, citing concerns over the IT system designed to track imports of agricultural commodities. If approved, the delay would push the law’s application to 2027 and mark the second postponement since its adoption in 2023. The regulation covers imports of coffee, cocoa, palm oil, soya, cattle, rubber and wood, requiring proof they were legally produced without recent deforestation.EU importers of agricultural goods covered by the bloc’s deforestation rules could get another year to prepare under a postponement proposed on Tuesday by the European Commission....
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