EUDR for coffee importers
If you import green coffee or roast beans sourced outside the EU, you must trace the plots of origin and file the statement. Sourevo does it for you.
Products affected
- Green coffee
- Roasted coffee
- Decaffeinated
- Husks and coffee substitutes
What information you need
- Suppliers and cooperatives of origin
- Geolocation of each farm (point or polygon by area)
- Batches linked to their plots
- Evidence of legal origin
For coffee the scope is easy to see: the whole of heading 0901 is in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, from green beans to roasted and ground. If you buy a container of green coffee from an exporter in Huila (Colombia) and clear it in Hamburg or Barcelona, you are the one placing it on the EU market for the first time, and the due diligence statement (DDS) is yours.
The hard part is the number of farms. A container of 320 bags of 60 kg (19.2 t) from a cooperative can pool coffee from more than a hundred growers with one or two hectares each, and every plot has to be geolocated in the DDS. If you roast and buy green coffee from another EU importer, you do not file your own DDS: you keep the reference number of the importer's DDS.
CN codes in scope
| CN code | Product |
|---|---|
| 0901 | Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee |
| 2101 11 | Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee (soluble)From December 30, 2027 |
| 2101 12 | Preparations with a basis of coffee extracts, essences or concentratesFrom December 30, 2027 |
Soluble coffee (2101 11 and 2101 12) was added by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102 and only applies from 30 December 2027. Until then, an importer of soluble coffee does not need a DDS for that product.
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The list of growers in that lot
The name of every farm or grower contributing coffee to the container, with country and region. With cooperative coffee, the cooperative holds this list; ask for it per lot rather than per harvest, because the lot is what you declare.
Coordinates for every farm
A point (latitude and longitude with at least six decimal places) for farms up to 4 ha and a perimeter polygon for those above 4 ha. Many cooperatives already hold this data for Rainforest Alliance, 4C or Fairtrade; check that it reaches you as GeoJSON or in a format you can convert without losing decimals.
Which farms went into which container
The exporter must be able to tell you which growers are in that specific shipment. If traced and untraced coffee are mixed at the dry mill, the whole lot is left uncovered.
Harvest date or period
The DDS asks for the date or time range of production (Art. 9(1)(e)). For coffee the season is enough, for example "main crop October 2026 to January 2027", as long as it is after 31 December 2020.
Proof of legality at origin
Land use rights and compliance with the laws of the country of production (Art. 2(40)): environmental, labour, tax. In practice, start with the farm title or registration and the permits the local authority requires.
Deadlines
- Large and medium-sized companies importing coffee, plus all downstream operators and traders regardless of size.
- Micro and small enterprises (and natural persons) importing coffee.
- Soluble coffee (2101 11 and 2101 12) comes into scope.
Dates under Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650.
Frequently asked questions
Does it apply to coffee I roast in the EU from imported beans?
Yes, heading 0901 includes roasted coffee. If you import the green coffee yourself, you file the DDS at customs clearance. When you sell the roasted coffee you are a downstream operator: no new DDS, but you keep the reference numbers of the upstream DDS for 5 years.
Is a Rainforest Alliance or 4C certificate enough?
It helps you get data (certifiers often hold farm coordinates), but it does not replace due diligence. Responsibility for the DDS stays with the importing operator.
Can one DDS cover coffee from several cooperatives?
Yes. A DDS can include several producers and plots, provided every one that supplied that shipment is in it. TRACES caps the total geolocation size per DDS, so a lot with hundreds of polygons sometimes has to be split across several statements.
Does buying from a low-risk country change anything?
For countries classified as low risk (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093) the simplified due diligence of Article 13 applies: no risk assessment or mitigation, but you still collect geolocation and the rest of the Article 9 information. Brazil, the largest origin of coffee shipped to Europe, is standard risk.
What if a farm was planted on land cleared in 2021?
That coffee cannot be placed on the EU market: the cut-off date is 31 December 2020. If the farm is in your lot, you have to exclude its coffee or not import the lot.
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