AreaNetherlands

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommodityProtein crops

Date01/01/2021

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentSector development measures

DescriptionLaunched a National Protein Strategy aimed at promoting the sustainable production of existing and new protein sources for food and feed use in an effort to reduce the country’s dependence on imports of protein-rich crops, especially soybeans. Regarding future soybean imports, the document envisioned a preference for sustainably produced, deforestation-free products.

NotesTHE NETHERLANDS – sector development measures (protein crops): With a view to reduce the country’s dependence on imports of protein-rich crops, especially soybeans, the Government presented a National Protein Strategy aimed at promoting, over the next 5–10 years, the sustainable production of existing and new protein sources for food and feed use. The initiative mirrors EU-wide efforts to reduce the bloc’s reliance on protein imports (see MPPU Dec.’28 & Jan.’21). Furthermore, recognizing that it will be difficult to replace soybean imports entirely, the Dutch Government plans to share the EU’s preference for imports of sustainably produced, deforestation-free soybeans.