Filed under EUDR Commodities and Product Scope Explained
Plot record: legal status and review details
- Jurisdiction
- European Union
- Status
- Current consolidated Regulation, including 2025/2650 and the 2026 Annex I amendment; specified new entries apply from 30 December 2027.
- Application
- General obligations: 30 December 2026. Article 38(3) qualifying micro and small operators: 30 June 2027, except EUTR-covered products. Specified new Annex I entries: 30 December 2027.
- Relevant provisions
- Articles 1, 2 and 38; Annex I
Review this page when:
- Annex I amendment
- CN classification change
- Commission guidance update
- Application date reached
Answer: seven groups, specified products
The seven EUDR commodity groups are cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood. The Regulation connects these groups to a defined list of products in Annex I. It does not regulate every agricultural commodity or every finished article that contains one of the seven. A purchasing team can use the seven names as a screening tool, but it needs the Annex before reaching a product-level conclusion.
The distinction matters for both imports and EU production. An EU-grown commodity is not outside scope simply because it was produced within the Union. Equally, importing a finished product that mentions palm oil does not necessarily make that finished product relevant. The commodity and product scope framework places the seven groups within the complete classification test.
Cattle has an animal and product boundary
The amended cattle entry covers specified Bos cattle and listed live-animal and meat products. The Annex footnote excludes buffalo and bison, so the broad everyday term bovine is not precise enough. When suppliers use generic meat descriptions, ask for the species information needed to identify the correct legal category rather than assuming that all similar animals share one result.
Cattle hides, skins and leather were removed from the current Annex by the 2026 amendment. A leather article should therefore not be described as covered merely because an older EUDR list mentioned cattle. Frozen cattle tongues have their own newly added entry with application from 30 December 2027. These changes show why the commodity heading and the list of products beneath it must be read together.
Cocoa and coffee follow different processing boundaries
Cocoa entries extend from beans through paste, butter and powder to chocolate and other cocoa food preparations under the relevant headings. Whether a particular preparation belongs in the listed customs heading still requires a classification check. A small proportion of cocoa does not create a universal exemption where the finished preparation falls within the entry.
Coffee includes the 0901 category, covering specified forms such as roasted or unroasted coffee. Coffee extracts, essences and concentrates under 2101 11 00 are now listed with a deferred 30 December 2027 application date. That does not mean every beverage or preparation containing soluble coffee is included. The commercial phrase coffee product must be translated into the actual customs classification before a business determines what changes.
Oil palm is not every palm species
Oil palm entries concern the specified Elaeis species. The Annex distinguishes these from babassu and oils from other palm tree species, even where customs descriptions group materials together. Supplier feedstock information can therefore be essential. A chemical name alone may not tell the assessor whether a substance was synthesised using the covered commodity.
The product list extends beyond crude palm oil into selected fractions, extraction residues and derivatives. The 2026 amendment adds further chemical and soap entries, many with a 30 December 2027 date and some with precise medicinal-manufacturing exclusions. Do not use a generic list of palm-containing products as a substitute for those descriptions. A formulation can contain palm-derived substances while its finished product remains outside the listed headings.
Rubber and soya have precise material limits
For rubber, the current Annex identifies Hevea brasiliensis and excludes the other natural gums and synthetic rubber specified in the footnote. It lists selected rubber materials and articles. It no longer lists the full former retreaded-tyre category; the remaining tyre-tread entry is narrower. Distinguish new tyres, tyre treads and retreaded finished tyres instead of grouping them as one product family.
Soya covers specified beans other than sowing beans, flour and meal, oil and extraction residues. Sowing soya no longer falls within the current bean entry. A product marketed as soy-based should still be classified individually. Soya used upstream as cattle feed does not mean every later animal product belongs in the soya column; the product and commodity relationships must follow the Regulation rather than the supplier's marketing taxonomy.
Wood covers many forms but has exclusions
Wood entries include numerous timber forms, panels and wooden articles, alongside specified pulp, paper, seats, furniture and prefabricated buildings. This breadth does not create unlimited coverage of anything made with wood. The Annex excludes bamboo, rattan and other materials of a woody nature from the wood commodity coverage to the extent stated in its footnote.
Used goods, recovered materials and packaging receive detailed treatment in the current Annex. Printed Chapter 49 products were removed by the 2025 amendment. Paper under Chapter 48 is a different question and remains subject to its current entry and exclusions. An assessor should distinguish a printed book, a paperboard article and the packaging around a shipment even where all three originate from wood fibre.
Use the seven names to organise evidence
Build the first screen around commodity source, finished-product classification and the version of Annex I used. For chemical and composite products, record enough information to identify the relevant feedstock. For animal and plant products, record species where it affects the legal boundary. Where the supplier cannot answer, keep the assessment open rather than treating an unanswered question as proof of exclusion.
The binding starting point is Annex I of the consolidated EUDR. Once the commodity is identified, use the product coverage assessment to examine codes, exclusions and dates. A seven-commodity tag is useful indexing information; the documented Annex comparison is what supports the actual scope conclusion.
Primary sources on the record
Articles 1, 2 and 38; Annex I. This entry was checked against the consolidated text dated 18 September 2026. Consolidated texts are documentation tools; the authentic acts are those published in the Official Journal.
Check the current sources and the guidance of the relevant competent authority for your situation. This page is not legal advice or a compliance determination.