EUDR guides
Whether your product is caught, which deadline your size gets, who files the Due Diligence Statement, what your origin countries' risk tier changes, and what data to demand from suppliers, without the enterprise-platform sales call. General information, not legal advice, and not a deforestation assessment.
Does the EUDR apply to my product?
The seven commodities, the Annex I HS-code test, and which products sit under a pending scope change.
30 December 2026 and 30 June 2027, which applies to you
The size test, the micro/small deferral, and the timber exception that keeps small wood operators on December.
Operator vs trader: who files the DDS
The post-December-2025 restructure, who files a Due Diligence Statement, who only collects reference numbers.
How to submit a Due Diligence Statement
The TRACES / Information System flow, the data you must gather first, and the reference number that clears customs.
Country benchmarking: low, standard, high
What each tier changes, how mixed-origin consignments are treated, and how to check a specific country under Impl. Reg. 2025/1093.
Coordinates vs polygons for plots ≥4 ha
The 4-hectare rule, what a usable polygon looks like, and exactly what to ask suppliers for.
EUDR for coffee roasters
Whether you file depends on importing green beans vs roasting bought-in coffee. The roaster's position, spelled out.
EUDR for chocolate & cocoa makers
Cocoa and chocolate are in scope (HS 1801–1806), and a multi-ingredient bar can pull in palm and soya too.
EUDR for furniture and wood importers
Wooden furniture (HS 9403) and timber (chapter 44) are caught. The timber carve-out that keeps small importers on the December date.
EUDR for coffee importers
Import green coffee (HS 0901) and you are the operator who files the DDS, the importer's full due-diligence position, distinct from the roaster's.
EUDR for cocoa importers & traders
Cocoa is caught from bean to chocolate (HS 1801–1806); whether you file or just reference turns on importing beans versus trading EU-placed cocoa.
EUDR for paper & pulp buyers
Wood pulp (ch. 47) and paper & board (ch. 48) are in scope; recovered and bamboo-based paper are carved out. The importer files, the EU buyer references.
EUDR for printers & publishers
The paper you print on stays in scope, but printed matter (chapter 49) was removed from Annex I in December 2025.
EUDR for packaging manufacturers
Wooden (HS 4415) and paper/board (HS 4819) packaging you make and sell is in scope; wrapping around your own goods is treated differently.
EUDR for flooring importers
Solid, engineered, parquet and laminate flooring are all in scope as wood, and laminate's fibreboard core is the detail most sellers miss.
EUDR for builders' merchants
Sawn wood, plywood, OSB, fibreboard and joinery are caught; import and you file, buy EU-placed stock and you keep reference numbers.
EUDR for wood pellet & biomass importers
Pellets, chips and firewood sit in Annex I under HS 4401, import them and you file, with no micro/small deferral thanks to the timber date.
EUDR for furniture retailers
Wooden furniture (HS 9401/9403) is in scope, but a retailer selling EU-placed stock is a downstream trader, keep the reference numbers, and register if you are a non-SME.
EUDR for tyre manufacturers
Natural rubber and new tyres are in scope; retreaded tyres are too for now, though a draft act may narrow that to treads only.
EUDR for rubber importers
Natural-rubber gloves, sheets and belts are caught; hoses and hygienic articles are not, scope is code-by-code.
EUDR for animal feed manufacturers
Soybean meal (HS 2304) is in scope, the duty attaches to the soy in the feed, not the animals fed on it.
EUDR for soy importers & crushers
Import soybeans, oil or meal and you are the first operator; US-origin soy gets the simplified route, Brazilian soy the full assessment.
EUDR for food manufacturers
One product can pull in several commodities, palm oil, soya, cocoa, coffee, each needing its own origin data.
EUDR for cosmetics brands
Palm oil and its derivatives, glycerol, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, are in Annex I, so most personal-care formulations touch in-scope material.
EUDR for beef & meat importers
Beef is in scope under the cattle commodity; an importer owes full due diligence, a DDS, and geolocation of where the cattle were kept.
EUDR for leather goods
Cattle hides and leather (HS 4101/4104/4107) are in scope today, a draft act proposes removing them, but it is not law yet.
EUDR for automotive manufacturers
A vehicle bundles several commodities, natural-rubber tyres, cattle-leather trim, wooden parts, so you assess each in-scope component separately.
EUDR for UK exporters
A UK seller is not the EU operator, its importer files the DDS. UK origin is low-risk, but you still supply the geolocation up the chain.
EUDR for US exporters
A US seller is not the EU operator, its importer files. US origin is low-risk, but plot geolocation is still the sticking point for grain, timber and cattle.
Or get your position in one report
The guides tell you how the rule works. The report tells you where you stand: your products screened against Annex I, your role and deadline named, your origin countries tiered, and ready-to-send supplier data-request letters.
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