You place goods on the EU market
EUDR for importers & operators
If you place timber, cocoa, coffee, rubber or palm oil on the EU market — from Brazil and Côte d'Ivoire to Indonesia — you're the one who files the Due Diligence Statement. Here's what that means in plain terms, and a free way to screen supplier plots before you submit.
From 30 December 2026, goods placed on the EU market must be proven to come from land not cleared of forest after 31 December 2020. As the first operator, that proof is yours to assemble and file — and it starts with the location of every production plot.
Your obligation, in four moves
What filing a Due Diligence Statement actually involves
- 1
Collect geolocation
A point or a boundary for every plot in the consignment, from your suppliers.
- 2
Screen for deforestation
Show each plot was not deforested after the 31 Dec 2020 cutoff.
- 3
Assess & mitigate risk
Judge legality and risk in the country of production; act where needed.
- 4
File the DDS in TRACES
Submit and get the reference number your downstream buyers will use.
Pick your commodity
Screen a supplier plot before it goes into your filing
The fastest way to de-risk a submission is to check the plots first — free, no signup. It's the compliance wrapper a raw forest-data lookup isn't: a plain pass-or-needs-a-look verdict, a format pre-check that catches the errors TRACES bounces, and a dated PDF for your records. Pick the commodity you're placing on the market:
Timber
Wood & wood products — replaces the EUTR.
Check a timber plot →Cocoa
Beans & derived products, often many small farms.
Check a cocoa plot →Coffee
Green coffee, estates to smallholder lots.
Check a coffee plot →Natural rubber
Estate & smallholder, through long chains.
Check a rubber plot →Palm oil
Estate blocks & mill supply bases.
Check a palm plot →When one plot isn't enough
From a free spot check to standing EUDR evidence
The plot check above is free, forever. When you're filing at consignment scale — DDS-ready GeoJSON for TRACES, a five-year audit trail, continuous re-screening — that's the operator workflow behind it. Tell us what you're filing and we'll take it from there.
Common questions
Importer EUDR questions, answered plainly
Who actually files the Due Diligence Statement?
The operator that first places the product on the EU market files it in TRACES. Downstream companies reference your DDS number instead of filing again. Non-EU producers don't file — but you'll request plot geolocation from them.
What do I have to collect from suppliers?
For each consignment: the geolocation of every production plot (point up to 4 ha, polygon above), evidence the land wasn't deforested after 31 December 2020, and information supporting legality in the country of production.
Do my downstream EU customers file too?
Generally they reference your DDS number rather than re-collecting geolocation — though larger downstream operators keep their own due-diligence duties. The geolocation and deforestation-screening burden sits with you as the first operator.
When does this start?
30 December 2026 for large and medium operators, 30 June 2027 for micro and small enterprises (Regulation (EU) 2025/2650). Many buyers are collecting supplier geolocation already.
EB TERRA — proudly Malaysian, working directly with producers. We read a plot the way the grower does — so the evidence you file holds up, in every origin you source.
Sourcing from origin rather than importing? See EUDR for suppliers & exporters →
The free plot check produces screening evidence by the documented EB TERRA — EUDR method. It is not a certification, legal opinion, guarantee, or a signed DDS; the legality assessment (Art. 10) and the operator's risk assessment remain separate obligations. EB TERRA — EUDR evidence packages