EUDR · EU Deforestation Regulation
Do you import wood, coffee, cocoa, soy, cattle, rubber or palm oil?
Then from 30 December 2026 you need an EUDR due diligence statement, small companies from 30 June 2027. Without its reference number in the customs declaration, customs will not release your goods.
Until the EUDR applies
47 days
The EUDR has applied since 30 December 2026.
30 Dec 2026
Medium and large companies, all traders, timber
30 Jun 2027
Micro and small companies (with conditions)
Seven commodities, and what is made from them
Not only the raw commodity counts. Chocolate, furniture, paper or car tyres can fall under the EUDR too. Whether your product does depends on its CN code.
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Wood
Furniture, paper, cardboard, charcoal
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Coffee
Green and roasted beans
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Cocoa
Beans, butter, powder, chocolate
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Soy
Beans, meal, oil
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Cattle
Live cattle and beef
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Palm oil
Oil, kernels and derivatives
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Rubber
Natural rubber and tyres
Not everything in a category is covered
Each category has exceptions. Products made entirely from recycled material, and packaging that only protects another product, are not covered. The Commission changed the product list in July 2026; once that change is in force, the products it adds, such as soluble coffee, are covered from 30 December 2027. Orin works out per product what applies to you.
Cut-off date
No deforestation after 31 December 2020.
Commodities for the EU market must not come from land deforested after that date.
What the EUDR asks
An EU regulation that keeps products linked to deforestation off the European market. Whoever imports such goods must be able to show three things.
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1
Deforestation-free
No forest was lost after 31 December 2020 on the land where it was grown or felled.
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2
Legally produced
Produced under the laws of the country of production, such as land rights and labour law.
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3
Recorded in a statement
A due diligence statement in the EU’s system, with the geolocation of the plots. Its reference number goes into the customs declaration.
Geolocation
Every shipment traced back to the plot
For the EUDR you need the coordinates of the plots your commodity comes from. Orin asks your suppliers for them, checks each plot for forest lost after 2020 and links them to the right shipment.
Self-test in three questions
You see straight away which date applies to you.
Your outcome
Choose your goods
Answer the three questions.
The EUDR probably does not apply to you
None of your goods belong to the seven commodities. If you are unsure about a product, its CN code decides.
Choose your role
Choose whether you place the goods on the EU market first or buy them here.
Choose your size
The date depends on the size of your company.
30 December 2026
For timber the size of your company makes no difference: timber that fell under the old Timber Regulation (EUTR) gets no extra time. You file a due diligence statement in the EU’s system and put its reference number in your customs declaration.
30 December 2026
You file a due diligence statement for your goods in the EU’s system and put its reference number in your customs declaration.
30 June 2027
If your company was already a micro or small undertaking by 30 December 2024. From then on you file a statement and put its reference number in your declaration. Otherwise 30 December 2026 applies.
30 December 2026 for timber
Timber that fell under the old Timber Regulation (EUTR) gets no extra time. For your other goods 30 June 2027 applies, if your company was already a micro or small undertaking by 30 December 2024.
30 December 2026 or 30 June 2027
Medium and large companies from 30 December 2026, micro and small companies from 30 June 2027. Which size you are under the EU accounting rules, we work out for you.
30 December 2026 for timber
For timber 30 December 2026 applies, whatever the size of your company. For your other goods: medium and large companies from 30 December 2026, micro and small companies from 30 June 2027. Which size you are under the EU accounting rules, we work out for you.
30 December 2026
For trading and processing that date applies to every size. You file no statement of your own, but you record whom you buy from and whom you supply. If you buy directly from the importer, you also keep its reference numbers. Medium and large companies also register in the EU’s system.
30 December 2026
You file no statement of your own. You record whom you buy from and whom you supply, and you register in the EU’s system. If you buy directly from the importer, you also keep its reference numbers.
30 December 2026
Small companies too: the extra time to 2027 does not apply to trading and processing. You file no statement of your own, but you record whom you buy from and whom you supply. If you buy directly from the importer, you also keep its reference numbers.
An indication based on your answers, not legal advice.
Let Orin work it outWhen the EUDR applies to you
In 47 days
30 December 2026
Medium and large companies. All traders and processors further down the chain, whatever their size. Anyone importing timber or timber products from the old Timber Regulation (EUTR), small companies included.
Extra time
30 June 2027
Micro and small companies that were already that small by 30 December 2024, for the goods they place on the market first themselves. Not for EUTR timber.
New products
30 December 2027
Products the Commission added to the list in July 2026, such as soluble coffee. That change is not yet in force.
Without a statement, your cargo stands still.
Suppliers have to provide geolocations and evidence. That takes weeks. Starting in December is too late.
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Goods not released. Without a reference number in the declaration, customs does not let the shipment through.
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Storage and demurrage. Containers stay in the port while you still collect the data.
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Fines and seizure. Member states can impose fines of up to at least 4% of EU turnover and seize goods.
Orin EUDR check
The EUDR check: we work it out for you
You don’t have to master the regulation yourself. Orin maps out what applies to you and collects the data from your suppliers.
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Step 1
Your goods
From your imports of the past year we determine which CN codes fall under the EUDR and which exceptions apply to you.
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Step 2
Your size and role
Micro, small, medium or large; importer or trader. So you know which date applies.
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Step 3
Your suppliers
Suppliers get only the questions still open, on their own page: plots, certificates, evidence.
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Step 4
Your statement
You approve the statement, Orin files it in your name in the EU’s system. The reference number goes to your forwarder.
Self-test
Free
Three questions, one minute. You get a first indication of whether you are covered and which date probably applies.
- An indication based on your own answers
- No check per product or CN code
- Online, straight away
EUDR check
Tailored
Orin works out your full EUDR position from your own imports and suppliers. You get a quote first, based on the number of products and suppliers.
- A check per product and CN code, exceptions included
- Your company size, role and applicable date established
- An overview of what suppliers still have to provide
- You go through the outcome with a specialist
Frequently asked questions
- We are a small company. Do we have until June 2027?
- Only for the goods you place on the market first yourself, if your company was already a micro or small undertaking by 30 December 2024, and not for timber from the old Timber Regulation. If you trade or process goods that are already in the EU, 30 December 2026 applies.
- How do I know whether my product is covered?
- It depends on the CN code in Annex I of the regulation and its exceptions. Orin checks this against your own import data.
- Will the EUDR be postponed again?
- In its review of May 2026 the Commission proposed no new delay. Plan for 30 December 2026.
- Can my forwarder do this for me?
- Your forwarder can prepare the statement in Orin. You stay responsible and approve it yourself.
- Does Orin file the statement?
- Yes. Once you approve it, Orin files the statement in your name in the EU’s system, with your own access. The reference number comes back into Orin and goes to your forwarder.
Talk to a specialist
47 days to go. Start today.
The EUDR applies. Start today.
In a 30-minute introduction we go through your goods and suppliers. Then you get a quote for your EUDR check.
Photo credits
Photos via Wikimedia Commons, cropped: Wood Radomianin (CC BY-SA 4.0), Coffee Daniel Schwen (CC BY 3.0), Cocoa Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0), Soy Harry Rose (CC BY 2.0), Cattle JoachimKohler-HB (CC BY-SA 4.0), Palm oil Officialbernard1 (CC BY 4.0), Rubber Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0), Port Alf van Beem (CC0), Rainforest lubasi (CC BY-SA 2.0), Plantation T. R. Shankar Raman (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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