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October 10 - 18, 2025
October 20 - 27, 2025
November 3 - 12, 2025
If you are buying coffee from Falcon’s inventories in the EU, then there may be little that will change for you.
Falcon will be importer of record (“operator” under EUDR) and will ensure due diligence has been completed for your coffees. Falcon will receive an EUDR reference number once coffees enter the EU. If you purchase these coffees and then wish to export them in the future (“trader” under EUDR), you would provide that reference number to customs as the way of notifying them of your coffee’s compliance.
It’s worth noting that EUDR does require you to keep records of who you buy coffee from and who you sell it to for five years. We encourage everyone to take a look at the regulation. Article 5 (p.18), in particular, talks about the obligations on you as the “trader”.
If you are buying coffee from Falcon and handling customs clearance (“operator” under EUDR), the EU requires you to provide due diligence to customs in the form of the Due Diligence Statement (“DDS”). This is true whether you are importing green coffee or roasted coffee* (finished goods). To support you in this process, Falcon can provide you with the geolocation data associated with your coffee, in the correct format, and a DDS generated by Falcon. This DDS would be identical to the documentation that Falcon would provide customs had it been our own import. For more information on what the DDS includes in it, we encourage customers to look at the regulation. Article 9 (p.20) outlines specifics.
EUDR also requires you as “operator” to complete a risk assessment on the coffees to ensure their risk is negligible. Specifics can be found in Article 10 (p.20). As part of Falcon’s due diligence as your importer, Falcon performs a risk assessment on coffee requiring EUDR compliance and does not sell coffees that we deem to be of non-negligible risk for our EUDR-compliant customers. Information from Falcon’s risk assessment process can be shared with our customers.
If you are handling customs clearance for your coffees, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the regulation’s details (making sure you can trace coffee purchases and sales for five years, for example). The regulation itself is detailed (and dense), but the EU also published a FAQ last October that can be helpful. Know that Falcon is here to help. Please reach out through your sales rep if you have additional questions. We would be happy to set up a call to discuss your specifics.
*If you are outside of the EU and plan to import your roasted coffees there, please be sure to notify your salesperson of your need for EUDR compliance.
