Your EU buyer is asking for plot data
EUDR for suppliers & exporters
You don't file the EU paperwork — but your buyer can't place your timber, cocoa, coffee, rubber or palm oil on the market without the geolocation of the plots it came from. Whether you ship from Latin America, West Africa or Southeast Asia, here's exactly what to send, in the format the EU expects — and a free way to check it's clean first.
From 30 December 2026, anything sold into the EU must be proven to come from land not cleared of forest after 31 December 2020. Your EU buyer files that proof — but it rests on the plot coordinates you provide. Send them clean, and you stay the easy supplier to keep buying from.
What to send your buyer
Three things make your plot data usable
- 1
A location per plot
One point for plots up to 4 ha, a boundary for larger ones — for every plot in the shipment.
- 2
The right format
GeoJSON or KML, WGS-84, at least 6 decimals, closed boundaries — the shape the EU system accepts.
- 3
Deforestation-clear
Land not cleared of forest after 31 Dec 2020 — the check your buyer has to be able to pass.
Check before you send
See your plots the way your buyer's filing will
Run your plots through the free check first — more than a raw forest-data lookup: a plain verdict, a format pre-check that catches the errors that get shipments queried, and a dated summary you can keep with the data. So you send plots that clear the first time. No signup. Pick your commodity:
When one plot isn't enough
From a free spot check to standing EUDR evidence
The plot check above is free, forever. When your buyer needs consignment-scale evidence — DDS-ready GeoJSON for TRACES, a five-year audit trail, continuous re-screening — that's the operator workflow behind it. Tell us what your buyer needs and we'll take it from there.
Common questions
Supplier & exporter EUDR questions
Do I have to file anything with the EU?
No — the EU operator that first places the goods on the market files the Due Diligence Statement. But they can't file without your plot geolocation, so you'll be asked for coordinates for every production plot in a shipment.
What plot data does my buyer actually need?
Geolocation per plot: a point for 4 hectares or less, a boundary above. WGS-84, at least six decimal places, and the land must not have been deforested after 31 December 2020.
What file format should I send?
Usually GeoJSON or KML, one geometry per plot. Malformed geometry — unclosed boundaries, swapped lat/long, too few decimals — is a leading cause of rejected filings, so it's worth validating before you send.
Does my certification cover it?
Certification can support your buyer's risk assessment, but there's no certification safe-harbour in the EUDR. Your buyer still needs the plot geolocation and a deforestation-free showing against the 2020 cutoff.
EB TERRA — proudly Malaysian, working directly with producers. We know your plots from the ground up, in every origin you ship from.
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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