Oil palm
Palm oil and chemical derivatives made from oil palm. Mexico sells very little palm oil to the European Union (EU). This page is for anyone who makes or buys oil palm derivatives.
In 2025, the EU imported palm oil from Mexico worth USD 3,100. That is a very low figure. Chemical derivatives from the same family add up to USD 5.8 million, but not all of them are palm-based, and public sources do not say which raw material they come from. The regulation only covers the part made from oil palm. If your product comes from oil palm, they will ask you for the plantation of origin. If not, this regulation does not apply to you today.
Figures with sources
USD 3,100
palm oil (1511) the EU imported from Mexico in 2025.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025.
USD 5.8 million
total of the chemical derivatives that may enter, in 2025. It is an upper bound: not all of them are palm-based.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025.
30 December 2027
date when palm derivatives are added.
Source: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102.
30 December 2026 and 30 June 2027
application dates for large and medium-sized companies, and for micro and small companies.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Article 38.
What's covered
Annex I of the Regulation:
- ex 1511: palm oil and its fractions.
- ex 2905 45: glycerol with a purity of 95% or more, only when made from oil palm.
- ex 2915 70: palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters, only when synthesized from oil palm.
- ex 2915 90: other saturated monocarboxylic acids, only when synthesized from oil palm.
- ex 3823 11 00: industrial stearic acid, only when made from oil palm.
- ex 3823 12 00: industrial oleic acid, only when made from oil palm.
- ex 3823 19 and ex 3823 70 00: industrial fatty acids and fatty alcohols, only when made from oil palm.
- From 30 December 2027, 16 more codes are added, covering hydrogenated and cooked palm oils, crude glycerol, alcohols and fatty acids, amines, amides, soaps and other chemicals made from oil palm.
How the chain works, Mexico → EU
Today there is no large flow of Mexican palm oil to the EU. For derivatives, the chain follows this order:
Oil palm plantation. Origin of the raw material.
Extraction plant. Obtains the oil from the fruit.
Chemical plant. Turns the oil into oleochemicals, such as glycerol or fatty acids.
Mexican exporter. Ships the product to the EU.
Importer in the EU. Submits the DDS Submits the DDS before selling the product.
Manufacturer or trader in the EU. Uses or sells the product.
What they will ask you for
- The location of the plantation where the oil originates.
- If you make derivatives, the origin of the palm oil you use as raw material.
How we help
We tell you whether your product falls under the regulation and, if it does, which part of your raw material you need to document. We organize the origin data for the oil and leave it ready for the DDS.
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