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Brazil Supreme Court Upholds Soy Moratorium Tax Ban

8/13/2026

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  • Brazil Supreme Court on August 12, 2026, upheld laws denying tax incentives to Amazon soy moratorium participants and ruled them constitutional.
  • After state bills removed those incentives, major grain traders quit the moratorium in January.
  • The 2006 soy moratorium bans soy from Amazon land cleared after July 2008.
  • A Science study warned ending the pact could cause 1.4 million hectares of deforestation in a decade.