Reference library · 45 guides
EUDR guides
What Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 actually requires, written for the people who have to file - not for the people who bill by the hour. Start with your commodity or origin, then the mechanics: geolocation, the DDS itself, deadlines and country benchmarking.
By commodity · 7
The seven Annex I commodity chains, one guide each: scope, data reality, filing.
HS 0901
EUDR for coffee importers and roasters
What EUDR requires from coffee importers and roasters: HS 0901 scope, plot geolocation from smallholder suppliers, deforestation screening, and filing your DDS in TRACES before the 2026/2027 deadlines.
7 min read
HS 1801–1806
EUDR for cocoa and chocolate businesses
EUDR compliance for cocoa beans, paste, butter, powder and chocolate: which HS codes are in scope, how to collect plot polygons in West Africa, and how to screen and file a DDS before the deadline.
7 min read
HS 44, 47, 48, 94
EUDR for timber, wood products and furniture
How EUDR replaces EUTR for wood: the expanded product scope (furniture, paper, charcoal), harvest-plot geolocation, degradation rules, and the DDS workflow for timber importers.
8 min read
HS 4001, 4011
EUDR for natural rubber and tyre supply chains
EUDR rubber compliance for natural rubber, latex and tyres: Annex I HS codes, smallholder plot geolocation, deforestation screening, traceability and DDS filing.
7 min read
HS 1201, 1208, 1507
EUDR for soy importers and feed businesses
EUDR soy compliance for beans, meal and oil: Annex I scope, the exemption for animals fed on soy, farm polygons, deforestation screening and DDS filing for bulk cargo.
7 min read
HS 1511, 1513, 2306, 3823
EUDR for palm oil and derivatives
EUDR compliance for crude palm oil, palm kernel oil and oleochemical derivatives: scope, mill-to-plantation traceability, certification vs regulation, and DDS filing.
7 min read
HS 0102, 0201–0202, 41
EUDR for cattle, beef and leather products
How EUDR treats cattle differently: geolocation of establishments rather than plots, birth-to-slaughter coverage, leather and hide scope, and what importers must file in TRACES.
7 min read
By country · 14
The highest-volume origin pairs: risk tier, national data systems, what to collect.
HS 0901 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for coffee from Brazil
Importing Brazilian coffee under EUDR: standard-risk classification, why Brazilian farms already have CAR polygon data, fazenda-scale geometry versus smallholder points, and what your DDS must contain.
6 min read
HS 0901 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for coffee from Colombia
Colombian coffee under EUDR: half a million smallholder farms averaging under 2 hectares, what the federation infrastructure can deliver, standard-risk due diligence, and building the plot file per lot.
6 min read
HS 0901 Low risk
EUDR compliance for coffee from Vietnam
Vietnam is classified low risk under the EUDR country benchmark, which unlocks simplified due diligence for robusta buyers. What that does and does not exempt, and how to keep the Article 13 conditions.
6 min read
HS 0901 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for coffee from Ethiopia
Ethiopian coffee under EUDR: garden, semi-forest and forest coffee systems, why shade canopy confuses naive screening, the traceability gap left by auction marketing, and what importers should collect.
6 min read
HS 1801 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire
Ivorian cocoa under EUDR: the national traceability push, smallholder plots declared as points, protected-area risk in the southwest, and how importers assemble a defensible plot file per consignment.
6 min read
HS 1801 Low risk
EUDR compliance for cocoa from Ghana
Ghana sits in the low-risk tier of the EUDR benchmark, unlike Côte d’Ivoire next door. What simplified due diligence requires for Ghanaian cocoa, the cross-border mixing trap, and the COCOBOD mapping head start.
6 min read
HS 44 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for timber from Brazil
Brazilian timber under EUDR: mandatory species declarations, harvest-block polygons, how the national forest-product documents fit into legality evidence, and screening natural-forest management areas.
6 min read
HS 0102, 0201-0202, 4101 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for Brazilian beef and leather
Brazilian cattle under EUDR: why the obligation follows every establishment an animal lived on, how GTA movement records and CAR polygons build the birth-to-slaughter chain, and where the indirect-supplier gap breaks a beef or hide file.
7 min read
HS 44, 94 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for timber from Indonesia
Indonesian timber under EUDR: why FLEGT licences no longer green-lane shipments the way they did under EUTR, what SVLK still proves, plantation versus natural forest screening, and the harvest-plot data to request.
6 min read
HS 4001 Low risk
EUDR compliance for rubber from Thailand
Thailand, the largest natural rubber producer, is classified low risk under EUDR. What simplified due diligence means for a chain that is ninety percent smallholders, and where the mixing risk comes from.
6 min read
HS 1201, 2304 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for soy from Brazil
Brazilian soy under EUDR: why the 2020 cutoff bites in the Cerrado where the Amazon Soy Moratorium never applied, reusing CAR farm polygons, and filing one DDS for a bulk cargo that blends origination areas.
7 min read
HS 1201, 2304 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for soy from Argentina
Argentine soy under EUDR: the world’s largest soymeal exporter, Gran Chaco dry forest and the EUDR forest definition, the sector-wide VISEC traceability platform, and polygon expectations for Pampas farms.
6 min read
HS 1511 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for palm oil from Indonesia
Indonesian palm oil under EUDR: mill supply bases as the unit of traceability, the independent smallholder mapping gap, peatland legality, and the plot file a refiner should hand you per shipment.
7 min read
HS 1511, 3823 Standard risk
EUDR compliance for palm oil from Malaysia
Malaysian palm oil under EUDR: what mandatory MSPO certification already collects, estate-dominated supply versus Indonesia’s smallholder share, Sabah and Sarawak screening, and derivative importer duties.
6 min read
How-to · 13
Task-level walkthroughs: collecting coordinates, building files, filing in TRACES.
HS 0901
How to file an EUDR coffee declaration, step by step
A complete EUDR coffee declaration walkthrough for importers and roasters: identify your role, collect every origin plot, assess risk, build a TRACES-ready DDS, submit it in TRACES-NT and retain the evidence for five years.
12 min read
How-to guide
File your first DDS with plotvera, step by step
A hands-on plotvera walkthrough for operators: start on the Dashboard, set the filing identity in Settings, upload and screen plot geolocations, build a TRACES-ready DDS, submit it in TRACES-NT and retain the audit record.
6 min read
How-to guide
Invite colleagues to your plotvera organisation
How plotvera team access works: compare seat limits, invite a colleague or consultant securely, understand owner and member roles, accept with the correct email, and remove access when work changes.
5 min read
How-to guide
Choose the right plotvera plan for your EUDR work
Plotvera pricing in plain English: compare pay-as-you-go, Trader, Pro and Business, understand filings, screenings, seats and fair use, then upgrade only when your EUDR workload needs it.
7 min read
How-to guide
Collect EUDR plot data from suppliers with plotvera
A practical workflow for operators managing many suppliers: map direct and upstream tiers, send secure no-account collection links, review pending plot submissions and retain signed supplier declarations as due-diligence evidence.
6 min read
How-to guide
How to file a DDS in TRACES, step by step
Use EU Login to access TRACES-NT, the TRACES system for submitting an EUDR DDS. Prepare the statement, submit it yourself and capture the reference and verification numbers.
9 min read
How-to guide
Record upstream DDS numbers per consignment with plotvera
A practical plotvera workflow for EU downstream operators and traders: choose the Art. 5 route, record each consignment with both upstream DDS numbers, verify the pair and retain an audit-ready record for five years.
7 min read
How-to guide
How to get your TRACES EUDR API credentials
How to get TRACES-NT API credentials for EUDR DDS filing: create an EU Login, register the operator and EORI, then activate web-service access and save the authentication key.
8 min read
How-to guide
How to collect geolocation from smallholder suppliers
A working method for getting plot coordinates from thousands of small farms: phone GPS capture, cooperative campaigns, the point-versus-polygon decision, data quality checks, and what to put in contracts.
8 min read
How-to guide
How to get plot polygons and GPS coordinates for EUDR
Five practical routes to plot geometry: supplier files, boundary walks with a phone, drawing over satellite imagery, cadastral and certification data, and converting KML, WKT or shapefiles without corrupting them.
8 min read
How-to guide
The EUDR GeoJSON format, explained
The exact GeoJSON profile TRACES accepts: FeatureCollection structure, EPSG:4326 and coordinate order, the four recognised properties, the Area trap on points, size limits, and the silent errors that lose data.
9 min read
How-to guide
How to run an EUDR risk assessment
Turning Article 10 into a working procedure: the assessment criteria, how convergence-of-evidence satellite screening feeds the conclusion, when mitigation is required, and what the documented outcome looks like.
8 min read
How-to guide
EUDR record keeping and the five-year retention rule
What the five-year retention duty actually covers: the per-consignment evidence file, plot data versions, screening outputs, DDS numbers, the annual review of your due diligence system, and how authorities ask.
7 min read
Concepts · 11
The definitions and mechanisms the regulation runs on, without the legalese.
Compliance guide
The EUDR due diligence statement, field by field
Use this printable EUDR DDS template to review every Annex II field. TRACES-NT generates the actual form, so there is no separate official PDF to download.
9 min read
Compliance guide
EUDR geolocation requirements explained
The exact geolocation rules in EUDR: six-decimal WGS84 coordinates, when a point is enough and when you need a polygon, the 4-hectare rule, accepted file formats, and the geometry errors that get a DDS rejected.
8 min read
Compliance guide
EUDR deadlines: 30 December 2026 and 30 June 2027
The EUDR application dates after the postponements: 30 December 2026 for large and medium operators, 30 June 2027 for micro and small enterprises. How to work out which date applies to you and what to have ready.
6 min read
Compliance guide
EUDR country risk benchmarking: low, standard, high
How the EU classifies producer countries as low, standard or high risk, what the classification changes for your due diligence and inspection odds, and why "low risk" does not mean "no geolocation".
7 min read
Compliance guide
EUDR vs EUTR: what actually changed
A precise comparison of the EU Timber Regulation and the Deforestation Regulation: seven commodities instead of one, plot geolocation, a filed statement in TRACES, deforestation-free beyond legality, and transition rules.
7 min read
Compliance guide
The 31 December 2020 cutoff, explained
Why everything in EUDR tests against 31 December 2020: the deforestation-free definition, the forest and degradation definitions behind it, what satellite screening actually checks, and edge cases near the date.
7 min read
Compliance guide
EUDR penalties and fines: what non-compliance costs
The Article 25 penalty framework: fines scaled to at least 4 percent of Union turnover, confiscation of products and revenues, procurement exclusion, and why customs refusal is the penalty most SMEs meet first.
7 min read
Compliance guide
Negligible risk under EUDR, explained
What "no or negligible risk" means in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, why it is the legal standard behind every DDS, how it differs from low-risk country status, and the evidence that supports the conclusion.
7 min read
Compliance guide
Is my product in scope? Reading the EUDR Annex I codes
Annex I decides scope by customs code, not by product name. How to check your CN codes, the derived-product and packaging traps, what recycled material and pre-2023 stock change, and what to do once a code lands in scope.
8 min read
Compliance guide
Operators, traders and downstream companies under EUDR
The role definitions that decide your obligations: operator, trader, downstream operator, SME and non-SME. Who files a DDS, who keeps reference numbers, and how the first-placer rule concentrates the duty.
8 min read
Compliance guide
Simplified due diligence and SME relief under EUDR
Every simplification an SME can actually use: Article 13 simplified due diligence for low-risk sourcing, the later 30 June 2027 date for micro and small firms, downstream relief, and the conditions that cancel each one.
8 min read