EUDR for coffee roasters, starting with the plots
Coffee (HS 0901) is in scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation, and the obligation lands on whoever first places it on the EU market — for most specialty roasters, that is you, not your exporter. Scan your producers’ plots below and see where you stand before you commit to a lot.
Free scans are capped at 5 plots per scan and 3 scans a day, so the satellite quota stays available to everyone. Paid plans include a monthly screening allowance.
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What EUDR actually asks a roaster for
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Geolocation of every plot the coffee was grown on. Plots up to 4 hectares may be a single point with its area; anything larger must be a polygon. Coordinates need at least six decimal places — the level of detail a cooperative’s spreadsheet usually does not have yet.
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Evidence that no deforestation happened on those plots after 31 December 2020, and that the coffee was produced in line with the producing country’s own laws. The satellite check on this page is the first half of that evidence.
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A due diligence statement filed in the EU TRACES system before the lot is placed on the market, plus its reference number kept for five years. A single statement can cover many plots, but every plot in it needs its geolocation.
Where roasters get caught out
Smallholder coffee is the hard case: a washing station may buy cherry from hundreds of plots, and a single point for the whole station is not a compliant geolocation. That is why this scan takes a plot file — collect the plots once, per producer, and the rest becomes routine.
What small importers ask us first
Does EUDR apply to me if I only roast, and buy green coffee from an EU importer?
If the coffee was already placed on the EU market by your importer, they carry the operator obligation and you are a downstream trader — you keep their due diligence statement reference numbers and pass them on. If you import green coffee yourself, from origin, you are the operator and you file the statement.
When do the deadlines hit?
Large and medium operators are covered from 30 December 2026; micro and small enterprises from 30 June 2027. The 31 December 2020 deforestation cut-off does not move with those dates — it applies to when the land was cleared, not when you buy.
What does a “more information needed” result mean for a coffee plot?
It means the satellite evidence is inconclusive for that location — very common under shade-grown and agroforestry coffee, where canopy makes forest and farm hard to tell apart. A polygon boundary instead of a single point usually resolves it.
CanopyProof provides compliance tooling, not legal advice. A screening result is evidence you assess, not an official clearance; responsibility under the EU Deforestation Regulation stays with you.